Ikeda N, Yamakawa M, Imai Y, Suzuki T
Department of Forensic Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1989 Dec;10(4):340-3. doi: 10.1097/00000433-198912000-00014.
An infant girl, whose hands showed lobster-claw deformity, was found dead in her bed at 17 days of age. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the lungs showed fatal atelectasis. The alveolar spaces were filled with fluid, epithelial cells, and squamous debris. These were the constituents of amniotic fluid aspirated before birth. The present case suggested that some sudden unexpected deaths in early infancy are delayed deaths caused by amniotic fluid aspiration.
一名双手呈龙虾爪样畸形的女婴，在17日龄时被发现死在床上。对肺部进行大体和显微镜检查显示为致命性肺不张。肺泡腔内充满液体、上皮细胞和鳞状碎屑。这些是出生前吸入的羊水成分。本病例提示，婴儿早期一些突然意外死亡是由羊水吸入导致的延迟性死亡。
