Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 2

Sudden death due to aortic rupture while swimming – A case report

  • Author:
  • C Behera1, Ravi Rautji, S Lalwani1, T.D Dogra1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 79 to 81

1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi-110029.

*Corresponding author: Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, AFMC, Sholapur Road, Pune, 411040. E-mail: rautjiravi@hotmail.com

Abstract

An eleven year old, healthy boy with no past history of illness suddenly felt acute excruciating chest pain which was radiating to back, while he was swimming in a private swimming pool. He was immediately transferred to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. Autopsy and histopathological findings were suggestive of death was due to extensive advential haemorrhge due to inherent weakness in aortic wall.

Keywords

Swimming pool, Advential haemorrahge, Cystic medionecrosis