Isolated peliosis of the spleen: Report of 2 autopsy cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-254

  Tsokos, Michael ^a   Püschel, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic histopathology; Intraabdominal hemorrhage; Peliosis; Rupture; Spleen; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PURPURA; RARE DISEASE; SPLEEN PURPURA; SPLEEN RUPTURE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 4344666369     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000127401.89952.65     Document Type: Article

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