Postmortem skeletal lesions

Postmortem bone alterations are very frequent and can raise the issue of their nature (antemortem, perimortem or postmortem defects). The aim of this work is to study various aspects of defects which were not assessed as perimortem trauma, from a series of 50 defects examined, resulting from 24 fore...

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Published in:Forensic science international 1997-10, Vol.89 (3), p.155-165
Main Authors: Quatrehomme, Gérald, İşcan, Mehmet Yaşar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Bone alterations
Bone and Bones - injuries
Bone and Bones - pathology
Bone defects
Defects
Diagnosis, Differential
Discoloration
Forensic Anthropology - methods
Humans
Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine
Medical sciences
Postmortem Changes
Skeletal lesions
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Wounds, Gunshot - diagnosis
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Summary:Postmortem bone alterations are very frequent and can raise the issue of their nature (antemortem, perimortem or postmortem defects). The aim of this work is to study various aspects of defects which were not assessed as perimortem trauma, from a series of 50 defects examined, resulting from 24 forensic cases. This study emphasizes the variability of size, shape and number of postmortem defects. Usually the diagnosis of antemortem defects is helped by a careful examination of some characteristics as the edges of the defects, the areas of discoloration of the edges and of the whole bone. Elsewhere it appears very difficult to know the true nature (antemortem, postmortem, or perimortem alterations) of the bone.
ISSN:0379-0738
1872-6283
DOI:10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00113-8