Fatal Ischemic Enteritis with Hemorrhage-A Late Complication of Treated Wilms Tumor

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 234-236

  Gilbert, John D ^a   Byard, Roger W ^a,b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerated atherogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Complication; Forensic science; Ischemic enteritis; Mesenteric thrombosis; Wilms tumor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; ENTERITIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RADIOTHERAPY; SMALL INTESTINE; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN; ENTERITIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; THROMBOSIS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 84872394111     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02264.x     Document Type: Article

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