Hypothermia provokes hemorrhaging in various core muscle groups: how many of them could we have missed?

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_7780419137BA
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Hypothermia provokes hemorrhaging in various core muscle groups: how many of them could we have missed?
Périodique
International journal of legal medicine
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Zátopková L., Hejna P., Palmiere C., Teresiński G., Janík M.
ISSN
1437-1596 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0937-9827
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
09/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
131
Numéro
5
Pages
1423-1428
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
The postmortem diagnosis of hypothermia remains problematic even in the era of molecular and digital diagnostic advances. Gross hemorrhages in iliopsoas muscles have been regarded as a helpful diagnostic sign in hypothermia fatalities; nevertheless, they have received marginal attention since their original description. The present study attempts to fill that void by examining occurrence, localization, and diagnostic significance of the bleeding into the core muscles as evidence of death due to hypothermia in a series comprising 51 consecutive hypothermia autopsy cases. Hemorrhages into the core muscles were identified in 33 cases of fatal hypothermia (65%). Hemorrhages were present in iliopsoas muscles (19 cases; 37%), deep back muscles (18 cases; 35%), and in other core muscular groups such as the diaphragm, cervical, pectoral, and intercostal muscles (11 cases; 22%). The results of the study offer an attractive diagnostic opportunity and reaffirm the potential of the careful core muscle dissection for the clarification of hypothermic deaths. Centers lacking high-end imaging technologies and molecular postmortem programs may especially benefit, which may have implications in broader autopsy practice.

Mots-clé
Autopsy, Core muscle, Fatal hypothermia, Forensic pathology, Hemorrhage, Postmortem diagnosis
Pubmed
Web of science
Création de la notice
02/05/2017 8:46
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 15:34
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