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.
journal_name
J Forensic Leg Medjournal_title
Journal of forensic and legal medicineauthors
Shetty BS,Boloor A,Menezes RG,Shetty M,Menon A,Nagesh KR,Pai MR,Mathai AM,Rastogi P,Kanchan T,Naik R,Salian PR,Jain V,George ATdoi
10.1016/j.jflm.2010.04.013subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-08-01 00:00:00pages
316-20issue
6eissn
1752-928Xissn
1878-7487pii
S1752-928X(10)00065-Xjournal_volume
17pub_type
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