Sudden natural death masquerading as accidental death - a case report.
Things are not always what they seem at first sight. One should always be on the watch for more than presents itself as the main issue in the investigation of crime. Whenever a person dies at the scene of accident, it is inferred that the accident caused the death. But that does not mean that the inference is correct. A person who was suspected to have met with a road traffic accident after autopsy turned out to be a case of sudden natural death due to acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis. The case is reported as it is of medico-legal interest because a natural death appeared to be due to a traffic accident.
Department of Forensic Medicine, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India praveenreddy.doc@gmail.com.
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Department of Pathology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
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Kamath
Department of Pathology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
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Usha
Department of Forensic Medicine, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality*; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Sudden death; apparent accident; haemorrhagic pancreatitis