{"title":"Marijuana lung: radiological, macroscopic and histopathological triptych","authors":"A. Goethem, H. Neels, A. V. Hoyweghen, W. Jacobs","doi":"10.4038/SLJFMSL.V12I1.7855","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"“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.","PeriodicalId":15899,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Forensic Medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Forensic Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4038/SLJFMSL.V12I1.7855","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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“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.
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