RESUMO
When the personal identification of human remains cannot be determined from finger - prints or odonto - stomatological methods, it may be based on medical data including radiological / skeletal, blood groups, surgical procedures and prostheses, disease / accident, iatrogenic features, medicines and drugs. We illustrate these with a few cases from our own practice (AU)
Assuntos
Medicina Legal , Sistemas de Identificação de Pacientes , Métodos , Radiografia , Antígenos de Grupos Sanguíneos , Prontuários Médicos , Estudos de Casos e ControlesRESUMO
Mhe identification of unknow human remains by comparison of ante mortem and post mortem radiographs has found wide acceptance in recent years. This report documents two recent cases in Hong Kong in which unequivocal positive identifications were achieved by comparison of radiographs. In cases where ante mortem radiographs and photographs are available, establishment of personal identity by comparison of radiographs is deemed preferable to identification by photographic superimposition because radiographic comparison permits the matching of a potentially larger number of unique anatomical features and is less time consuming and technically exacting (AU)