Extended amniotic fluid embolism associated with labor

Vlasiuk V.V.; Panchuk Yu.P.; Bozhchenko A.P.; Tolmachev I.A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20186106148

Vlasiuk V.V.

Otdel tkanevykh i patomorfologicheskikh metodov issledovaniia FGBU "Nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ institut detskikh infektsiĭ" FMBA Rossii, Sankt-Peterburg

Panchuk Yu.P.

Department of Forensic Medicine, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Ministry of Defense of the Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 194044

Bozhchenko A.P.

Kafedra sudebnoĭ meditsiny Voenno-meditsinskoĭ akademii im. S.M. Kirova, Sankt-Peterburg

Tolmachev I.A.

Kafedra sudebnoĭ meditsiny Voenno-meditsinskoĭ akademii im. S.M. Kirova, Sankt-Peterburg

Extended amniotic fluid embolism associated with labor

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Vlasiuk V.V., Panchuk Yu.P., Bozhchenko A.P., Tolmachev I.A.

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Journal: Forensic Medical Expertise. 2018;61(6): 48‑51

DOI: 10.17116/sudmed20186106148

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Vlasiuk VV, Panchuk YuP, Bozhchenko AP, Tolmachev IA. Extended amniotic fluid embolism associated with labor. Forensic Medical Expertise. 2018;61(6):48‑51. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20186106148

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The authors report two cases of extended amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) associated with the birth-giving process with the analysis of their causes and the discussion of the possible pathways through which the amniotic fluid penetrates into maternal blood. A rare cause of amniotic fluid embolism due to the rupture of placental membranes as a result of submembranous hemorrhage is described. The changes in the lungs associated with extended AFE are apparent in the presence of macroscopic emboli formed from the particles of the amniotic fluid. The article describes for the first time in the Russian-language literature the macroscopically visible emboli composed of the particles of the amniotic fluid present in the pulmonary blood vessels. It is also the first report of the rupture of the placental membranes resulting from subamniotic hemorrhage as a cause of the appearance of the amniotic fluid in the maternal circulation.

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amniotic fluid embolism

amniotic fluid

causes of changes in the lungs

the phenomenon of macroscopically visible emboli

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Vlasiuk V.V.

Otdel tkanevykh i patomorfologicheskikh metodov issledovaniia FGBU "Nauchno-issledovatel'skiĭ institut detskikh infektsiĭ" FMBA Rossii, Sankt-Peterburg

Panchuk Yu.P.

Department of Forensic Medicine, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, Ministry of Defense of the Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 194044

Bozhchenko A.P.

Kafedra sudebnoĭ meditsiny Voenno-meditsinskoĭ akademii im. S.M. Kirova, Sankt-Peterburg

Tolmachev I.A.

Kafedra sudebnoĭ meditsiny Voenno-meditsinskoĭ akademii im. S.M. Kirova, Sankt-Peterburg

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