Marijuana lung: radiological, macroscopic and histopathological triptych
By: A. Van Goethem, H. Neels, A. Van Hoyweghen and W. Jacobs
Open Access
|May 2021Abstract
“Marijuana lung” refers to a radiological-pathological entity of apical (bullous) paraseptal emphysema in persons who regularly smoke cannabis. We describe a post-mortem case of a drowned young man in whom apical bullous emphysema was seen on post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) as an incidental finding. Histopathology confirmed the existence of apical paraseptal emphysema. Toxicology, including hair analysis, confirmed that he was a chronic cannabis user. As such this case report can be supportive of the association between chronic cannabis use and the development of paraseptal emphysema.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljfmsl.v12i1.7855 | Journal eISSN: 2465-6089
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 32
Published on: May 25, 2021
Published by: Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at University of Peradeniya
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2021 A. Van Goethem, H. Neels, A. Van Hoyweghen, W. Jacobs, published by Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at University of Peradeniya
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