Abstract：
:Accidents and inflicted trauma account for 33% and 5-8% of childhood deaths, respectively. Injuries secondary to falling televisions have been reported in the clinical literature. However, descriptions of such injuries at autopsy are limited. The severity and patterns of injury may mimic those considered ''typical'' of inflicted trauma. Thus, integration of data from clinical, scene investigation, and autopsy is necessary for determination of the cause and manner of death. We present autopsy findings from two cases which illustrate injuries sustained from falling televisions. Findings common to both cases include subscalpular hemorrhages, skull fractures, subdural hemorrhages, brain injuries, and optic nerve sheath hemorrhages. The first case showed postsurgical changes secondary to evacuation of a posterior fossa hematoma; three-dimensional reconstruction of the admission computed tomography scan demonstrated the extent of the preintervention skull fractures. In addition, the second case showed a right epidural hematoma. Only case two showed retinal hemorrhage.
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J Forensic Scijournal_title
Journal of forensic sciencesauthors
Deisch J,Quinton R,Gruszecki ACdoi
10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01765.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-07-01 00:00:00pages
1049-53issue
4eissn
0022-1198issn
1556-4029journal_volume
56pub_type
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