The epitheton is a compound of Latin spira (spiral) and embolus, referring to the long large embolus.
Following what was expected to be a routine surgery on December 14 at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City, Hill died from what was termed “a sudden and massive embolism.”
Complications of the procedure include infection, allergic reactions to the materials used, intravasation of the material, and, if oil-based material is used, embolisation.
She died at the age of 37 from an embolism while on vacation with her family in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.