Abstract

RAMOS MEDINA, V. et al. Death of a passenger on a commercial flight: unexpected death from pyogenic cholangitis. Cuad. med. forense [online]. 2015, vol.21, n.3-4, pp.165-168. ISSN 1988-611X.

A passenger on a commercial flight from a country in Maghreb to another one in Northern Europe dies during the flight. The plane landed at Malaga Airport (that was the nearest airport at that moment). Statements made to the local judicial authorities ordered the practice of a forensic autopsy. In this case no medical history information from the deceased before the autopsy could be gathered. This revealed the existence of a pyogenic cholangitis due to residual bile duct stones, as the cause of death.

Keywords : Choledocholithiasis; Pyogenic cholangitis; Septic shock.

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