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Acute Pancreatitis Presenting as Sudden, Unexpected Death: An Autopsy-based Study of 27 Cases
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 08/31/07
Tsokos, M., et al. - Acute pancreatitis represents a spectrum of disease, ranging from a mild, transitory illness to a severe, rapidly progressive hemorrhagic form, with massive necrosis and mortality rates of up to 24%. The reported incidence of acute pancreatitis diagnosed first at clinicopathologic autopsy ranges between 30% and 42%. To better describe outpatient fatalities due to acute pancreatitis that present as sudden, unexpected death, we retrospectively reviewed the autopsy files at the Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Hamburg, Germany, from 2000-2004
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