Fatal bleeding caused by a ruptured varicose vein

Serenella Serinelli; Luigi Bonaccorso; Lorenzo Gitto

doi:10.1177/0968533219885621

Fatal bleeding caused by a ruptured varicose vein

Med Leg J. 2020 Mar;88(1):41-44. doi: 10.1177/0968533219885621. Epub 2020 Jan 13.

Authors

Serenella Serinelli¹, Luigi Bonaccorso², Lorenzo Gitto¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
² "Sapienza" University of Rome, Office of Forensic Medicine, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 31928306
DOI: 10.1177/0968533219885621

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic venous insufficiency; autopsy; bloodstain patterns; dementia; preventive medicine; public health; ruptured varicose veins; scene investigation; varices.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Dementia
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Italy
Rupture / complications*
Varicose Veins / complications*