title: Atherosclerosis: a medicolegal tool in exhumed decomposed bodies.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Forensic Medicine, Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College, Yeotmal, Maharashtra, India. vipulambade@rediffmail.com
authors: Vipul Namdeorao
authors: VN
authors: Ambade
authors: Hemant Vasant
authors: HV
authors: Godbole
authors: Anil Krishnaram
authors: AK
authors: Batra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D049249:Exhumation; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes