Atherosclerosis: a medicolegal tool in exhumed decomposed bodies.
An exhumed body of 40-year-old Hindu man was brought for repostmortem after 10 days of death with history of allegation of assault by mob. The body was in the advanced stage of decomposition with adipocere formation over chest, thigh, and arms. In the present case, atherosclerosis was present in the coronaries and aorta sufficiently enough to deduce the cause of death and to substantiate the first autopsy findings even in highly decomposed exhumed body.
Ambade
Vipul Namdeorao
VN
Department of Forensic Medicine, Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Yeotmal, Maharashtra, India. vipulambade@rediffmail.com
Godbole
Hemant Vasant
HV
Batra
Anil Krishnaram
AK
D000328:Adult; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D049249:Exhumation; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes