Armanni-Ebstein lesion, ketoacidosis and starvation in a child.
Summary of "Armanni-Ebstein lesion, ketoacidosis and starvation in a child."
The Armanni- Ebstein lesion was first reported in 1877 and has been associated with deaths due to diabetic ketoacidosis. The lesion consists of subnuclear vacuolation of the kidneys, which contain fat. We report a case of the Armanni- Ebstein lesion in a non-diabetic child with documented ketoacidosis who died of starvation.
Affiliation
Eastern Ontario Forensic Pathology Unit of the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, Division of Anatomical Pathology, The Ottawa Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada, cmilroy@toh.on.ca.
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Name: Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
ISSN: 1556-2891
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21213071
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-010-9213-6
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