Abstract
The autopsy of an 18-year-old girl who had died suddenly at home revealed generalised pentastomiasis. The location of this disease in the intestines was responsible for death by hemorrhagic enterocolitis. This discovery constituted an atypical case in our daily practice of forensic medicine.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Autopsy
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Enterocolitis / parasitology*
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Enterocolitis / pathology
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Female
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Forensic Medicine
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / parasitology*
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / pathology
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Humans
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Kidney / parasitology
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Liver / parasitology
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Lung / parasitology
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Pancreas / parasitology
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Parasitic Diseases / diagnosis*
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Spleen / parasitology