August 2021

Hyoid bone fracture and an elucidation of circumstances in a case of ligature strangulation by garroting

Ligature strangulation is an important aspect of forensic practice and unless proven otherwise is considered to be a homicide. We report a case of a traveler, who was attending a political procession, but was later robbed and strangulated with a scarf by some anti-social elements. His body was subsequently abandoned in the wilderness to get decomposed leading to the diminution of valuable traumatic signatures over the...

Author(s): Prateek Karagwal, Pawan Mittal, Balraj Sharma and Gaurav Sharma

December 2021

Postmortem diagnosis of massive gastrointestinal bleeding

Giant peptic ulcers have a poor prognosis and are associated with more frequent bleeding, together with very high morbidity. The prognosis worsens if it also spreads to the duodenum, with probable involvement of adjacent organs such as the pancreas. The most serious complication of these is perforation, this being the first manifestation is up to a third cases. A 62-year-old male patient with a history of high blood...

Author(s): Galeano Reyes Silvio Antonio, Carmen Guerrero Márquez, Paloma Ramos Pontón and Belén Tristán Martín