Histological examination of the temporal bone in medicolegal cases of asphyxia.

Abstract:

:Histological findings of the temporal bone in 23 autopsy cases of various asphyxial fatalities were studied. The temporal bones of 12 cases who died of tumors including mammary cancer, gastric cancer, myxoma of heart and craniopharyngioma, the bones of 3 cases of heart attack and the bones of 17 cases who died of various poisoning (barbiturate, amphetamine, paraquat and alcohol) were used as controls. In drowning, the primary finding was hemorrhage in the mastoid air cells of the bilateral temporal bones. In cases of strangulation by ligature, hemorrhage and edema of the cochlear duct in the inner ear as well as hemorrhage in the mastoid air cells were demonstrated bilaterally. In contrast, congestion and edema in the mastoid air cells and inner ear were found in cases of manual strangulation but there was no hemorrhage. From these results, the histological examination of the temporal bone is useful as an adjunct procedure for diagnosing the cause of asphyxia. Differentiation between drowning, strangulation by ligature and manual strangulation may be possible by observing hemorrhages or their absence in the mastoid air cells and inner ear.

journal_name

Forensic Sci Int

authors

Ito Y,Kimura H

doi

10.1016/0379-0738(90)90243-r

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-02-01 00:00:00

pages

135-42

issue

2-3

eissn

0379-0738

issn

1872-6283

pii

0379-0738(90)90243-R

journal_volume

44

pub_type

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