["Crow's feet wrinkles" as a sign of preserved consciousness].
We report on 3 deaths after the influence of high voltage current, fire and traumatic injury respectively. In all cases we found radial bands beside the eyes--so called "crow's feet". They are a sign of vital reaction in the cases of traumatic and thermic injury, possibly also in high-voltage burns due to sparking. In general, the "crow's feet" show that the person was conscious at the moment of the event.
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Institut für Rechtsmedizin am Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology; D003243:Consciousness; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005143:Eyelids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015595:Skin Aging; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology*
"Krähenfüsse" als Zeichen des erhaltenen Bewusstseins.