HIV-infection in forensic autopsy cases

A Prospective Study of HIV Positive Autopsies Conducted at Aniims, Port Blair, Andaman Nicobar Islands

“…Medical and Medico legal deaths claim a substantial number of lives in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Autopsies serve a variety of useful and important roles not only for forensic medicine purpose but also for medical researches [1,2]. Since the first case of AIDS have been reported, there were many autopsy studies of HIV infected person in many countries around the world [3, 4, 5.6, 7, 8].…”

Unexpected brain finding in pre-autopsy postmortem CT

“…Forensic pathologists regularly face danger from infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and other bacteria during autopsies [1][2][3]. It is of primary importance for forensic pathologists and autopsy technicians to be aware of the presence of any infectious diseases before an autopsy to enforce protective measures and protect their own health [3][4][5].…”

“…Forensic pathologists regularly face danger from infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and other bacteria during autopsies [1][2][3]. It is of primary importance for forensic pathologists and autopsy technicians to be aware of the presence of any infectious diseases before an autopsy to enforce protective measures and protect their own health [3][4][5]. The use of postmortem imaging techniques such as postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and postmortem magnetic resonance (PMMR) imaging has increased in forensic medicine in recent years [6].…”

“…The use of postmortem imaging techniques such as postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and postmortem magnetic resonance (PMMR) imaging has increased in forensic medicine in recent years [6]. Imaging offers many advantages, not only for the quality and the reliability of forensic findings but also for forensic pathologists' protection [3][4][5][6]. We present a case in which postmortem imaging revealed an unexpected finding compatible with a brain abscess.…”