Korean J Leg Med.  2007 May;31(1):92-94.

Unexpected Death due to Massive Nontraumatic Intraabdominal Hemorrhage in association with Liver Cirrhosis

• Kim HJ
• Kim YH
• Chung NE
• Seo JS

Abstract

We reports a woman's death caused by massive intraabdominal hemorrhage, who was in chronic alcoholic state with advanced liver cirrhosis and found dead in her room. No macroscopic source for the bleeding was found in her intraabdomen and there was no circumstances of traumatic forces to the individual's body around the death. The presenting unsuspected death could be consistent with the forensic pathological cases described as sudden, unexpected death due to massive nontraumatic intraabdominal hemorrhage in association with liver cirrhosis by DiMaio in 1987.

Keyword

liver cirrhosis; massive intraabdominal hemorrhage; death

MeSH Terms

Alcoholics
Hemorrhage*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis*
Liver*