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*[[Blunt force trauma]] - especially to the inexperienced eye. | *[[Blunt force trauma]] - especially to the inexperienced eye. | ||
*Post-mortem hypostatic bruising. | *Post-mortem hypostatic bruising. | ||
===Tache noire=== | |||
Literally ''black spot''. | |||
Features:<ref name=emed1680032>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1680032-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1680032-overview]. Accessed on: 6 March 2012.</ref> | |||
*Brown/black horizontal line of the eye due to drying - if the eyes remain open after death. | |||
**May mimic a traumatic injury. | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://www.demussen.net/carbon-monoxide/images/1856_23_12-vitreous-potassium.jpg ].<ref>URL: [http://www.demussen.net/carbon-monoxide/chemical-changes-in-body-fluids.html http://www.demussen.net/carbon-monoxide/chemical-changes-in-body-fluids.html]. Accessed on: 6 March 2012.</ref> | |||
*[http://img.medscape.com/pi/emed/ckb/pathology/1603817-1607640-1680032-1714463.jpg Tache noire (medscape.com)].<ref name=emed1680032/> | |||
===Post-mortem decomposition/preservation=== | ===Post-mortem decomposition/preservation=== | ||