Iliopsoas Muscle Hemorrhage Presenting at Autopsy

Türk, Elisabeth E.

doi:10.1007/978-1-59259-786-4_15

Cited by 8 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 32 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Often, death due to hypothermia can only be diagnosed due to details of the circumstances and the lack of concurrent causes of death [1][2][3]. Other findings in different organs like bleedings into core muscles are discussed in the literature as signs for death due to hypothermia [4][5][6]. In recently published investigations, in cases of death due to hypothermia fatty degeneration of renal tubular epithelium of different grades was described, which may be caused by hypoxia due to the hypothermia [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The expression of heat shock protein 70 in kidneys in cases of death due to hypothermia

Preuß

Dettmeyer

Poster

et al. 2008

Forensic Science International

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The expression of heat shock protein 70 in kidneys in cases of death due to hypothermia

Preuß

Dettmeyer

Poster

et al. 2008

Forensic Science International

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Recently, the adenohypophysis has become a focus of medico-legal research to establish whether typical quantifiable changes occur in response to pre-mortal thermal influences [ 5 – 13 ]. This is of importance because the usually sparse manifestations of macromorphological and micromorphological findings in fatal hypothermia cases make it difficult to diagnose the cause of death [ 14 , 15 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microscopic examination of pituitary glands in cases of fatal accidental hypothermia

Doberentz

Madea

2017

Forensic Sciences Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In cases of death caused by hypothermia, histological analysis can be used to determine the cause of death. Certain histological alterations of the pituitary glands in hypothermia have been reported in the literature, including haemorrhage, hyperaemia and cellular vacuolization of cells in the anterior lobe. In the present study, the validity of these morphological alterations as markers for fatal accidental hypothermia was investigated in autopsy material. A total of 34 pituitary glands in cases of verified fatal accidental hypothermia were examined histologically (haematoxylin and eosin, ferric, azan) and immunohistochemically (LCA, ACTH, C5b-9). The findings were compared with 61 cases in a control group. Hyperaemia was found in 50.0% of the study group cases and 59.0% of the control group cases. Cellular vacuolization was observed in one case (2.9%) in the study group and one case (1.6%) in the control group. Acute or recent haemorrhage in the glandular tissue was never detected. In our study, the histopathological characteristics described in the literature as pathognomonic for hypothermia could not be confirmed. Furthermore, histological differences in the pituitary glands between fatal hypothermia cases and control group cases were not observed.

show abstract

Injuries Due to Cold

Madea¹,

Doberentz²

2022

Handbook of Forensic Medicine

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Iliopsoas Muscle Hemorrhage Presenting at Autopsy

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

The expression of heat shock protein 70 in kidneys in cases of death due to hypothermia

The expression of heat shock protein 70 in kidneys in cases of death due to hypothermia

Microscopic examination of pituitary glands in cases of fatal accidental hypothermia

Injuries Due to Cold

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About