Globus Pallidus Necrosis Unrelated to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Retrospective Analysis of 27 Cases of Basal Ganglia Necrosis

Bilateral globus pallidus necrosis is said to be characteristic of carbon monoxide ( CO ) poisoning. However, there has been no scientific test of this hypothesis. To examine the assertion that globus pallidus necrosis is typical of CO poisoning, this study examined autopsy cases from the King County Medical Examiner's Office ( KCMEO ) between 1994 and 2013. Twenty‐seven cases with bilateral basal ganglia lesions were identified and examined for associated or causative disease or injury with the following results: 10 cases of drug overdose, seven heart disease, three asphyxia, two chronic ethanolism, two Huntington‐like disorder, and one case each of remote trauma, rheumatic heart disease, and cerebral artery gas embolism. Additionally, review of all known cases at KCMEO of CO poisoning found no evidence of globus pallidus or basal ganglia necrosis. Thus, this study provides no support for the assertion that globus pallidus necrosis is characteristic of CO poisoning..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Journal of forensic sciences - 60(2015), 6, Seite 1484-1487

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yarid, Nicole A [VerfasserIn]
Harruff, Richard C [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Asphyxia
Basal ganglia
Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Cardiovascular disease
Cerebral hypoxia
Forensic pathology
Forensic science
Gangrene
Globus pallidus
Necrosis
Parkinsons disease
Triple watershed

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RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1111/1556-4029.12838

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1963222733