We report on a case of a fatal pulmonary embolism-an unexpected finding at autopsy of a 71-year-old man who had suffered front severe erosive gouty arthritis. Using morphological findings, medical history and histopathological results, we show the potentially devasting complications of this fairly common medical condition, occurring as a result of massive bone marrow erosion and detachment and finally leading to embolization of the lungs. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

An unusual cause of fatal pulmonary embolism / Fabio De, Giorgio; Antonio, Abbate; BIONDI ZOCCAI, Giuseppe; Vincenzo L., Pascali; Ernesto, D'Aloja; Arnaldo, Capelli; Vincenzo, Arena. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0167-5273. - STAMPA. - 114:3(2007), pp. 393-395. [10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.093]

An unusual cause of fatal pulmonary embolism

BIONDI ZOCCAI, GIUSEPPE;
2007

Abstract

We report on a case of a fatal pulmonary embolism-an unexpected finding at autopsy of a 71-year-old man who had suffered front severe erosive gouty arthritis. Using morphological findings, medical history and histopathological results, we show the potentially devasting complications of this fairly common medical condition, occurring as a result of massive bone marrow erosion and detachment and finally leading to embolization of the lungs. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
2007
gout; gouty arthritis; pulmonary embolism
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An unusual cause of fatal pulmonary embolism / Fabio De, Giorgio; Antonio, Abbate; BIONDI ZOCCAI, Giuseppe; Vincenzo L., Pascali; Ernesto, D'Aloja; Arnaldo, Capelli; Vincenzo, Arena. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0167-5273. - STAMPA. - 114:3(2007), pp. 393-395. [10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.093]
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