Fatal aspiration of blood caused by infectious aoritits

Karen Krogh Fjeldborg; Marie Juul Ornstrup; Anne Sofie Hanghøj Laursen; Peter Vestergaard

Fatal aspiration of blood caused by infectious aoritits

Karen Krogh Fjeldborg, Marie Juul Ornstrup, Anne Sofie Hanghøj Laursen, Peter Vestergaard

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Abstract

A previously healthy 71 year-old woman presented at our medical department with fever, back pain and weight loss. Laboratory analysis demonstrated elevated erythrocyte sedimentation, elevated C-reactive protein and normal white blood cell count. Clinical examination revealed a systolic murmur. On the third day she was found dead in her bed. Autopsy revealed massive aspiration of blood. We report the rare pathologic finding of massive aspiration of blood originating from a ruptured atherosclerotic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta into the left lung, because of infectious aortitis.

Original language	English
Journal	Ugeskrift for Læger
Volume	174
Issue	20
Pages (from-to)	1390-1391
Number of pages	2
ISSN	0041-5782
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Fatal aspiration of blood caused by infectious aoritits

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