title: [Death caused by neglect?].
abstract: Over a period of several months a 23-year-old bedridden woman suffered from increasing cachexia with numerous decubital ulcera in the parental house. The parents induced the hospitalization not before the patient reached the agonal phase. The reported case was especially spectacular because the left arm had fallen off and lay beside the woman showing maggot infestation, mummification and skeletonization. Against the parents a preliminary investigation for manslaughter by negligence was instituted. This case report describes the unusual course of disease and the striking familiar situation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fieguth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuske
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Debertin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000473:pathology; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000473:pathology; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000473:pathology