[sumo] News on Tokitsukaze beya

[Achim Pawelczyk]

I only look at the Japanese pages.
I don't have any printed pages, but directly check the sumo web pages of 
Yomiuri-, Hochi-, Asahi-, Mainichi-, Kochi-Shimbun, Toonippo, Sanspo, 
Chuspo, Tospo, Daily sports, Nikkan sports, Sponichi and the 
fighting/general sports related pages of Sankei Shimbun and Yukan Fuji.
I also take a look at the Yahoo compilation.
Usually I use information put together from several sources for my 
postings and mix them with my own interpretation and comments.

In fact the only article where I found that info I posted was this:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/sumo/news/20070628i503.htm

That wasn't the autopsy result, but apparently the first examination.
The result of the autopsy after that was reported in several sources, my 
original post was mainly compiled using Sanspo and Hochi pages.

--
Akinomaki

Barbara schrieb:
> Where did they report it? It is not online anywhere at Yomiuri Online.
> 
> Google cannot find a single article anywhere combining the terms 
> Tokitaizan and either Pulmonary or Embolism.
> 
> Nor can Google find a single instance of "CT" and "Tokitaizan".
> 
> Did you read this in the printed page?  If so, why is it that no other 
> sources seem to be acknowledging it?
> 
> Sorry to put you on the spot, but I see no sign that such an autopsy 
> result has been reported.
> 
> If death was due to pulmonary embolism, then it would be accidental in 
> the sense that it could not have been foreseen.  Many things can cause a 
> blood clot in the veins, including sitting in one place too long, such 
> as when one plays video games for 20 hours straight.  I don't believe 
> you could accurately describe the death as "shock".  If it is a 
> Pulmonary Embolism, the sumo stable is probably off the hook, though 
> they might still be criticized for the cigarette burns.
> 
> In the media,
> Mainichi says:
> "Professional sumo wrestler Tokitaizan died from heart failure after he 
> collapsed during practice."
> 
> On the 29th Mainichi says:" The cause of the sudden death of a sumo 
> wrestler during practice here earlier this week is likely to be shock 
> caused by multiple injuries"
> 
> Amazingly, Reuters and Scotsman.com says "Teenage sumo wrestler dies 
> after heart attack" which is of course untrue.
> 
> Barbara Murasakihana
> 
> Achim Pawelczyk wrote:
>> Barbara schrieb:
>>>
>>> It's just a guess on my part, but it sounds a bit like pulmonary 
>>> embolism. That can happen if a large blood clot forms in a vein, such 
>>> as the legs, then breaks free and travels to the lungs.  Repeated 
>>> injuries might cause deep vein ruptures and/or thrombosis.  See 
>>> http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch046/ch046a.html
>>> I would think that an autopsy could confirm it so that there would be 
>>> no doubt.  I am not a doctor.
>>
>> Actually that is what the Yomiuri shimbun had reported on the 28th as 
>> the cause of death, confirmed by a CT scan etc.
>> It looks to me like the autopsy after that only added a possible 
>> reason for that direct cause of death, when stating not more than this:
>> possibility of a shock by multiple injuries being connected/leading to 
>> his death.
>>