title: [A case of positive personal identity of skeletonized remains using lumbar radiograph].
abstract: We reported an autopsy case in which premortem and postmortem radiographs of the spine were available for comparison and provided a basis for making an identification. As the elderly often lives alone and has no relatives, one of our tasks is sometimes ascertaining the personal identity of him or her. Osteophytes of the vertebra are valid for establishing a positive personal identification in human remains.
authors.affiliation: Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaihara
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terazawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011859:Radiography; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging