The diagnostic significance of haemorrhage of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles.
Sci Justice
; 40(1): 41-4, 2000.
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| ID: mdl-10795429
ABSTRACT
A number of authors have indicated that haemorrhage of the posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscles can be used as a diagnostic criterion to establish the cause of death. Other authors even consider it to be 'forensic evidence' when differentiating between natural and violent death. They agree on agonal asphyxia or dyspnoea as a developmental mechanism, possibly in combination with a 'convulsive' dilatation of the glottic cleft. In view of this difference of opinion, we conducted a study of our own. Retrospective evaluation of 2060 post-mortem examinations performed in 1996 at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University of Munich disclosed 28 cases demonstrating visible haemorrhage of the PCA muscles. The study revealed no correlation between these findings and certain causes of death, nor any indication of certain mechanisms of development.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cause of Death
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Forensic Medicine
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Hemorrhage
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Muscular Diseases
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Neck Muscles
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Justice
Journal subject:
JURISPRUDENCIA
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany