Sudden death due to ruptured hydatid cyst of the liver
Kök, A.N.; Yurtman, T.; Aydin, N.E.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 38(4): 978-980
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 8355014 Document Number: 417796
The cyst stage of Echinococcus granulosus is commonly located in the liver, which frequently results in a long symptomless period. We present a sudden death due to a freshly hemorrhagic hydatid cyst following blunt trauma to the liver in a 19-year-old boy. The possible mechanism was thought to be an anaphylactoid reaction to the leakage of the cyst fluid.