title: [Limitations of the post mortem determination of intravital soft-tissue hemorrhages long after death].
abstract: Under experimental conditions we investigated the influence of various environmental conditions and different temperatures on extravasated blood in the galea for varying time periods. At 30 degrees C it took 5-6 days before we could no longer histologically identify either red blood corpuscles or hemoglobin. At 4 degrees C and 18 degrees C we succeeded in making the identification for a considerably longer time. The various environmental conditions selected had no essential influence at any temperature. The forensic application of these results is discussed using an actual case as an example.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D004777:Environment; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Postmortale Nachweisgrenzen von intravitalen Weichteilblutungen in der späten Leichenzeit.