[A case of positive personal identity of skeletonized remains using lumbar radiograph].
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.
Sakaihara
Mitsuo
M
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Terazawa
Koichi
K
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