title: Distinction between forensic evidence and dermatological findings.
abstract: The external examination after death requires knowledge in forensics/pathology, dermatology, as well as associated diseases and age-related alterations of the skin. This article highlights some findings with forensic evidence versus dermatological findings. The lectures in forensic medicine should be structured interdisciplinarily, especially to dermatology, internal medicine, surgery, pathology, and toxicology in order to train the overlapping skills required for external and internal postmortem examinations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, St.-Georg-Str. 108, 18055 Rostock, Germany. Electronic address: ulrich.hammer@med.uni-rostock.de.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, St.-Georg-Str. 108, 18055 Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boy
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Dermatology and Venerology, Rostock University Medical Center, Strempelstr. 13, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rothaupt
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, St.-Georg-Str. 108, 18055 Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Büttner
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000473:pathology; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003288:Contusions / Q000473:pathology; D003880:Dermatology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000473:pathology; D004886:Erysipelas / Q000473:pathology; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007911:Lentigo / Q000473:pathology; D049328:Mongolian Spot / Q000473:pathology; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000473:pathology; D019339:Port-Wine Stain / Q000473:pathology; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Differential diagnosis; Forensic evidence; Forensics in dermatology; Postmortem examination