title: [Two conspicuous findings in human tubular bones following longer exposure time].
abstract: A human skeleton was found in a forest after an aging time (laydays) of nearly three years. Surprisingly a larger number of living maggots crawled out of the medullary cavity of the humerus after sawing it longitudinally. Investigations of other long bones showed remnants of maggots, fly-pupas and maggot-excrements in similar cases. A humerus is found after an estimated aging time of over 100 years. The presence of a remaining epiphyseal gap indicated an age of about 20 years, whereas the extension of the medullary cavity showed a much higher age. After a long aging time, these structures show similar findings in other cases. Damage done by frost should be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eidam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Tröger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Uber zwei auffallende Befunde an menschlichen Röhren-knochen nach längerer Liegezeit.