title: [Postmortem orbital hematomas].
abstract: Several cases of post mortem hematoma resulting from harvesting of the eye globes for transplantation, and susceptible of being misinterpreted as representing ante mortem trauma, are presented. Based on these cases the authors make a few considerations about the mechanisms of their production and technical procedures to avoid them.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Legal de Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina de Coimbra.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neto Murta
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cortesão
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes
vernacular_title: Hematomas orbitários post mortem.