Missed Opportunities for Diagnosis of Post‐traumatic Thrombosis: A Case Series and Literature Review. Issue 5 (5th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hosseini, Marzieh; Hedjazi, Arya; Bahrani, Mohammadreza
• Is Part Of: Journal of forensic sciences. Volume 59:Issue 5(2014)
• Page Start: 1417
• Page End: 1419
• Publication Date: 2014-03-05
• Subjects: Medical jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Forensic sciences -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Gerechtelijke geneeskunde; Gerechtelijke chemie; Gerechtelijke psychiatrie; 363.2505
• DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12453
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1198

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jfo12453-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Thrombosis is caused by abnormalities in the composition of the blood, the quality of the vessel wall, and the nature of the blood flow. Herein, we present four cases of fatal thrombus formation after a trauma, which were missed at clinical diagnosis as the symptoms were misinterpreted. We stress that a blunt trauma can be fatal because of its direct and indirect kinetic energy effects at the subacute phase. This report highlights the importance of considering thrombosis in the diagnosis of closed trauma, which is usually missed because of lack of awareness for early diagnosis and treatment or is detected too late for any therapeutic intervention, which can result in avoidable morbidity and mortality.</p> </abstract>