An Autopsy Case of Sudden Unexpected Death due to Pulmonary Tumor Embolism |
Woo Ick Yang , Kyi Beom Lee |
The Army Scientific Criminal Investigation Laboratory |
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Abstract |
A 23-year Old male patient expired suddenly. He was managed at the hospital under the impression of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. An autopsy was performed and the cause of death was pulmonary tumor embolism, which occluded the main pulmonary artery completely. The primary tumor was located at the left psoas muscle and it was alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The primary tumor infiltrated to the iliac vein and sciatic nerve and patient's symptom was due to nerve compression by the tumor. |