Black oesophagus: A rare disorder with potentially fatal outcome - A forensic pathological approach based on five autopsy cases

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 146-152

  Tsokos, M ^a   Herbst, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Black oesophagus; Differential diagnosis; Oesophagitis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLACK ESOPHAGUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NECROSIS;

EID: 18744413942     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0509-5     Document Type: Article

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