Difference between revisions of "Asphyxial deaths"

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 ===Gross findings===
-*External: salmon pink skin.
+External:
-*Internal - general: organs pink hue.
+*Salmon pink skin.
-**Brain: globus pallidus [[necrosis]].<ref name=pmid21150349>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fielding | first1 = J. | last2 = Lang | first2 = W. | last3 = White | first3 = OB. | title = Carbon monoxide poisoning: impact on ocular motility. | journal = Cogn Behav Neurol | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 256-61 | month = Dec | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181c5e2c1 | PMID = 21150349 }}</ref>
-The DDx of pink skin includes:
+Internal:
-*[[Hypothermia]].
+*General: organs pink hue.
-*Cyanide poisoning.
+*Brain: globus pallidus [[necrosis]] - bilateral.<ref name=pmid21150349>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fielding | first1 = J. | last2 = Lang | first2 = W. | last3 = White | first3 = OB. | title = Carbon monoxide poisoning: impact on ocular motility. | journal = Cogn Behav Neurol | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 256-61 | month = Dec | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181c5e2c1 | PMID = 21150349 }}</ref>
-*Fluoroacetate poisoning
+Notes:
+*The DDx of pink skin includes:
+**[[Hypothermia]].
+**Cyanide poisoning.
+**Fluoroacetate poisoning
+*Bilateral necrosis of the putamen is seen in [[methanol toxicity]].
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