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==Fire deaths== | ==Fire deaths== | ||
===General=== | |||
Many artefactual findings: | |||
*Postmortem epidural hematoma.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ritter | first1 = C. | title = [A heat gelatinized subdural hematoma in a burned cadaver as an indication of a vital accident]. | journal = Z Rechtsmed | volume = 103 | issue = 3 | pages = 227-30 | month = | year = 1990 | doi = | PMID = 2309533 }}</ref> | |||
*Pugilistic attitude (boxer's position/stance).<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Levy | first1 = AD. | last2 = Harcke | first2 = HT. | last3 = Getz | first3 = JM. | last4 = Mallak | first4 = CT. | title = Multidetector computed tomography findings in deaths with severe burns. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 2 | pages = 137-41 | month = Jun | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181879cc9 | PMID = 19465802 }}</ref> | |||
*Heat fractures. | |||
**Base of skull seems to be an exception.<ref name=pmid9219359>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bohnert | first1 = M. | last2 = Rost | first2 = T. | last3 = Faller-Marquardt | first3 = M. | last4 = Ropohl | first4 = D. | last5 = Pollak | first5 = S. | title = Fractures of the base of the skull in charred bodies--post-mortem heat injuries or signs of mechanical traumatisation? | journal = Forensic Sci Int | volume = 87 | issue = 1 | pages = 55-62 | month = May | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9219359 }}</ref> | |||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Soot in mucosa of respiratory tract. | *Soot in mucosa of respiratory tract - '''diagnostic'''. | ||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features: | |||
*Black crap on the airway epithelium. | |||
===Toxicology=== | ===Toxicology=== | ||