title: [Species differentiation by placental morphology with human and animal tissue. A contribution to species determination in relation to embryo findings].
abstract: On the occasion of an embryo being found with attached placenta, species differentiation of the fetus was to be carried out within the framework of a preliminary proceeding. Consulted gynecologists diagnosed a human embryo. From the macroscopic and histologic structure of the placenta, our investigations resulted a species diagnosis of an embryo belonging to the order Carnivora (cat). The diversity of external placental shapes as well as of different histologic structures permit species differentiation. The delimitation of the human embryo from nonhuman tissue should always be possible, even on formalin-fixed material.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Rechtsmedizin der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kaatsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000473:pathology*; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000473:pathology*; D013045:Species Specificity
vernacular_title: Speziesdifferenzierung durch Plazentamorphologie an menschlichem und tierischem Gewebe. Ein Beitrag zur Artdiagnose bei einem Embryofund.