Difference between revisions of "Forensic pathology"
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*''Tardieu spots'' = postmortem hypostatic hemorrhages;<ref name=pmid19901802>{{cite journal |author=Pollanen MS, Perera SD, Clutterbuck DJ |title=Hemorrhagic lividity of the neck: controlled induction of postmortem hypostatic hemorrhages |journal=Am J Forensic Med Pathol |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=322–6 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19901802 |doi=10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181c17ec2 |url=}}</ref> look like large petechiae - in dependent areas. | *''Tardieu spots'' = postmortem hypostatic hemorrhages;<ref name=pmid19901802>{{cite journal |author=Pollanen MS, Perera SD, Clutterbuck DJ |title=Hemorrhagic lividity of the neck: controlled induction of postmortem hypostatic hemorrhages |journal=Am J Forensic Med Pathol |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=322–6 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19901802 |doi=10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181c17ec2 |url=}}</ref> look like large petechiae - in dependent areas. | ||
=== | ===Autopsy on decomposed remains=== | ||
====General==== | ====General==== | ||
* | *[[AKA]] "decomp autopsy" or simply "decomp". | ||
*Histology usually very limited ''or'' useless. | *Histology usually very limited ''or'' useless. | ||
*Often done to exclude trauma. | *Often done to exclude trauma. | ||
*Typical scenario: decedent lives alone -- body not discovered for prolonger period of time. | *Typical scenario: decedent lives alone -- body not discovered for prolonger period of time. | ||
*More likely to be a ''[[Autopsy#negative autopsy|negative autopsy]]'' than non-decomp cases. | |||
====Suspicious decomp==== | ====Suspicious decomp==== | ||