Fatal Acute Pancreatitis and Blood Alcohol
Concentration. A Case Report and Literature Review

Mazzanti R; Buscemi L; Valsecchi M; Tagliabracci A

Case Report

Fatal Acute Pancreatitis and Blood Alcohol Concentration. A Case Report and Literature Review

Mazzanti R*, Buscemi L, Valsecchi M and Tagliabracci A

Department of Forensic Pathology, Brazil

Corresponding Author

Received Date: May 10, 2019; Published Date: May 24, 2019

Abstract

Design:M Case report and literature review.

Methods: This was a case report of a 54-year-old woman, with an history of chronic alcohol abuse, who was found dead at home. A packet of trazodone was found next to the woman and an autopsy was performed for suspected suicide. Literature regarding the epidemiology and social characteristics was searched from the PubMed database.

Conclusion: Fatal acute pancreatitis occurring outside of the hospital concerns many patients who lived alone and in poor social conditions, and alcohol abuse is a common factor, also in the cause of death.

Keywords: Acute pancreatitis; Sudden death, Blood alcohol concentration; Forensic pathology

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Citation

Mazzanti R, Buscemi L, Valsecchi M, Tagliabracci A. Fatal Acute Pancreatitis and Blood Alcohol Concentration. A Case Report and Literature Review Glob J of Forensic Sci & Med 1(4): 2019. GJFSM.MS.ID.000519.