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AUTOPSY FEATURES IN SCUBA DIVING FATALITIES
Author(s) -
Waller S. O.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb84447.x
Subject(s) - scuba diving , autopsy , decompression sickness , decompression , fat embolism , air embolism , forensic pathology , embolism , medicine , forensic engineering , surgery , pathology , biology , zoology , engineering , complication
The post‐mortem and histological features of two scuba diving fatalities have been described. The features are consistent with those of death from air embolism, resulting from the effects of pressure, which have been reported In the literature. The presence of fatty metamorphosis of the liver, with air bubbles in the fat globules, is reported for the second time In human material, and the “Swiss cheese” appearance of the brain Is recorded for the first time. The effects of decompression have been discussed.