Supawon SrettabunjongFaculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University2020-01-272020-01-272019-07-01Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. Vol.58, No.4 (2019), 792-79415422224106725162-s2.0-85064447693https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/51550© 2018 the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Venous thromboembolism is a condition that includes both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism. Pulmonary thromboembolism is a condition that is familiar to forensic pathologists for its common cause of sudden unexpected death. Fatal pulmonary thromboembolism following deep vein thrombosis has been previously reported as a consequence of major ankle injury but not following minor ankle injury. Here, I report the case of sudden unexpected death in a 54-year-old female without known underlying risk factors for venous thromboembolism, except for a history of minor injury at her left ankle, which possibly caused local vascular wall damage with subsequent deep vein thrombosis and eventual massive pulmonary thromboembolism.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1053/j.jfas.2018.11.019