title: [Erroneous appraisal of X-ray examination results as the cause of improper legal classification of body injuries].
abstract: In the paper the authors presented three cases relating to erroneous appraisal of radiograms improperly classifying body injuries. In all these cases medico-legal opinions were given by experts appointed by the court but not at forensic medicine. In one case, the expert regarded only the result of the fibula capitulum fracture radiogram but he disregarded previous and further X-ray films. In another case, cerebral injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage were misrecognized by head computer tomography (HCT) as a result of unsuitable head position. In the last case, on the basis of routine radiograms a fracture of vertebra C2 was firstly misdiagnosed and verified as an anatomical anomaly in the structure of this vertebra. In these three cases conclusive medico-legal opinions changing the legal classification of the injuries experienced were provided by specialist scientific institutions of the Silesian School of Medicine in Katowice.
authors.affiliation: Katedry Medycyny Sadowej Slaskiej AM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: Krystian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rygol
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobek
authors.forename: Czesław
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chowaniec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000592:standards*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards*