[Measuring volume and density of human organs and its significance in medicine and forensic medicine: lung].
OBJECTIVE
To obtain values of normal human lung and diffuse pathological changes, in order to provide a simple and convenient diagnostic method for measuring human visceral organs in the autopsy of pathology and forensic pathology.


METHODS
The exact mass, volume and density of normal and pathological lung were synchronously measured with the intelligentized volume-densimeter made by authors.


RESULTS
The date-base about the volume and density of human lung with different races were established for anatomy, anthropology and biodynamics. In two cases of over-load in circulation and water toxicosis, the severe lung edema was proved with the scale of lung density, which was atypical edema in the lung tissue.


CONCLUSIONS
Measurement of visceral organs in the autopsy can assist to an integrative pathological diagnosis.
Yu
Xiao-Jun
XJ
Department Forensic Medicine of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031, China.
Lai
Xiao-Ping
XP
Fan
Yu-Bo
YB
Yu
Wen
W
Li
Jin-Chuan
JC
Liu
Mao-Yang
MY
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001344:Autopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000473:pathology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult