Publikation

Sudden death due to a haemoglobin variant

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 21.11.2003

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Bock H, Seidl S, Hausmann R, Betz P. Sudden death due to a haemoglobin variant. Int J Legal Med 2003; 118:95-7.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Int J Legal Med 2003; 118
Veröffentlichungsdatum
21.11.2003
ISSN (Druck)
0937-9827
Seiten
95-7
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

A previous healthy 35-year-old man was found dead in his truck. Shortly before death he merely complained of influenza-like symptoms. The histological examination revealed evidence of a massive accumulation of sickle cells in smaller blood vessels. After molecular genetic analysis, the preliminary diagnosis of "sickle cell disease" was finally changed to the diagnosis of a sickle cell trait. It is presumed that an epileptic attack which also has to be considered as a concurring cause of death, precipitated sickling of the erythrocytes and led to a fatal sickle cell crisis.