1Assistant Professors, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
2Assistant Professors, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
3Assistant Professors, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
4Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
Forensic pathologists role in the investigation of sudden unexpected deaths is vital. Most of sudden unexpected deaths in the absence of violence, accidental, suicidal or conditions of death not preceded by morbid symptoms form the subject of medico legal investigation if they occur suddenly in apparently healthy person, wherein autopsy would shed light to the exact cause of death, i.e. whether it is natural or unnatural. Here we present an uncommon case of an aged person who succumbed to sudden death due to esophageal variceal bleeding.
Esophageal varices, sudden death, cirrhosis
