Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 308-312 , November 2010

Hemorrhage from a cavernous hemangioma with fatal blood aspiration: A rare cause of sudden unexpected death

  • Takaki Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-Machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 761/203 6853; fax: +49 761/203 6858.
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  • Stefan Pollak

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Markus Große Perdekamp

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Annette Thierauf

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Albertstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Hitoshi Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Legal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahi-Machi 1-4-3, Abeno, Osaka 545-8585, Japan

Received 14 February 2010 ,Revised 15 June 2010 ,Accepted 20 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.06.004

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 308-312 , November 2010

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