Abstract:
:A fatality of an 83-year-old female experiencing acute circulatory failure as a result of a type II odontoid fracture is compared with the case of an 86-year-old female who died from delayed cardiopulmonary complications due to a lower cervical spine injury. Falls on the forehead from minor height can cause odontoid fractures especially in elderly patients, hyperextension of the neck on the other hand can lead to lower cervical spine injury with prevertebral hematoma. The latter can lead to extensive hematoma of the neck, but might be difficult to diagnose by computed tomography in the living patient. Especially in cases of elderly patients showing bruises on the forehead or extensive neck hematoma, the possibility of cervical spine fracture should be taken into account and postmortem examinations should be arranged commensurately.
journal_name
J Forensic Leg Medjournal_title
Journal of forensic and legal medicineauthors
Schwarz CS,Uebbing K,Germerott T,Krauskopf Adoi
10.1016/j.jflm.2019.101883subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-01-01 00:00:00pages
101883eissn
1752-928Xissn
1878-7487pii
S1752-928X(19)30120-9journal_volume
69pub_type
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