Sudden death and lipomatous infiltration of the heart involved by fat necrosis resulting from acute pancreatitis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages

  Roncati, Luca ^a   Gualandri, Giorgio ^b   Fortuni, Giuseppe ^c   Barbolini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Heart steatonecrosis; Lipomatous infiltration of the heart; Pancreatic lipase; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAT NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOMATOSIS; LIPOMATOUS INFILTRATION OF THE HEART; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 84858795697     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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