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Assignment

During an autopsy, a female victim presents with pulmonary congestion and edema. Her lungs weigh three to four times the normal weight. A closer inspection of her heart revealed that her right ventricle was unusually distended and the pulmonary artery was full. There was also focal heart muscle damage with resulting cross-brand necrosis, indicating hypercontraction of the heart muscle. During the external examination, the woman appeared relatively healthy. One small detail was she had fenestration of the nasal septum. A urine sample revealed the presence of cocaethylene.

What was the cause of death?

References

Basso, C., Burke, M., Fornes, P., Gallagher, P. J., de Gouveia, R. H., Sheppard, M., … & van der Wal, A. (2010). Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death. Pathologica, 102(5), 391-397. doi: 10.1007/s00428-007-0505-5

Dudley, M.D., M. (2017). Forensic Medicolegal Injury and Death Investigation. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

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