Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with long-term steroid therapy - A case report

Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-35

  Mizukami, Hajime ^a,b   Hara, Shuichi ^a   Kobayashi, Masamune ^a   Takahashi, Shirushi ^b,c   Mori, Shinjiro ^b   Kuriiwa, Fumi ^a   Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute aortic dissociation; Aortic aneurysm; Bronchial asthma; Long term steroid therapy; Medico legal autopsy; Necrosis of the media

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; EPINASTINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROCATEROL; RANITIDINE; REBAMIPIDE; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; RESUSCITATION; STEROID THERAPY;

ACUTE AORTIC DISSOCIATION; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BRONCHIAL ASTHMA; LONG-TERM STEROID THERAPY; MEDICO-LEGAL AUTOPSY; NECROSIS OF THE MEDIA;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; STEROIDS;

EID: 84891657542     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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