title: Postmortem diagnosis of acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis.
abstract: Forensic pathologists can help in the investigation of sudden unexpected deaths in co-operation with the officials responsible for the maintenance of law and order to administer justice. Sudden unexpected deaths form the subject of medicolegal investigation if they occur in apparently healthy individuals, wherein an autopsy would shed light regarding the cause of death. A 4 year retrospective review of autopsy files at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, South India was undertaken for cases of sudden unexpected deaths due to acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis occurring between May 2004 and April 2008. A total of seven cases of acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis diagnosed at autopsy as the cause of sudden unexpected death during the study period are discussed herein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College (Affiliated to Manipal University), Mangalore 575001, India. sureshbshetty.2009@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: B Suresh Kumar
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Archith
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boloor
authors.forename: Ritesh G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.forename: Mahabalesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Anand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Nagesh
authors.forename: Muktha R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Alka Mary
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mathai
authors.forename: Prateek
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.forename: Tanuj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanchan
authors.forename: Ramadas
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Preetham Raj
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Salian
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Aneesh T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002423:Cause of Death; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D003933:Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult