Talk:Forensic pathology

Child abuse presentations

1. Classic: has the triad - murder vs. other homicide
2. Isolated head injury - accident vs. homicide
3. No evidence of head injury - only medical.

Outrages in forensic pathology

Defense pathologist opinions:

• Saddle embolus due to "cocaine thickened blood" - in a gut shot in the liver with a shotgun.
• Histiocystosis X - in a guy with a head injury that was 7 weeks on a ventilator.
• Connective tissue disorder - a in a victim with a retroperitoneal hematoma.