Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 27-30, January 2009

Sudden death due to pulmonary aspergillosis

  • Prashantha Bhagavath, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • Prateek Rastogi, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Ritesh G. Menezes, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 575001, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Manna Valiathan, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • T.S. Mohan Kumar, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • Y.P. Raghavendra Babu, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • Tanuj Kanchan, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore 575001, India
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  • Francis N.P. Monteiro, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
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  • Vinod C. Nayak, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India

Received 31 October 2007; received in revised form 26 March 2008; accepted 18 May 2008.

Abstract 

Sudden death due to respiratory pathology is not uncommon and tuberculosis with its complications is well known to cause death. We report a case of a male, train passenger, who started coughing out blood and died on reaching the hospital. Medicolegal autopsy confirmed the sudden unexpected death to be due to pulmonary aspergillosis in the person with past medical history of tuberculosis.

Keywords: Sudden death, Pulmonary tuberculosis, Pulmonary aspergillosis, Haemoptysis

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00104-2

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.019

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 27-30, January 2009

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