Atypical abdominal lacerated wound--differentiation from an incised wound
Jurczyk, A.P.; Prośniak, A.; Krześniak, S.; Brzeziński, P.
Archiwum Medycyny Sadowej i Kryminologii 62(1): 42-46; 37-41
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0324-8267 PMID: 23424938 Document Number: 662137
In the Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University in Lodz, there was performed an autopsy of a man with an extensive defect of the abdominal integument and perineum. The inspection of the body at the site it was found together with the deposition of the deceased man's concubine suggested the possibility of criminal degloving of the body using a sharp-edged tool with superimposed injuries inflicted by a dog. Autopsy findings combined with results of additional tests (microscopic examination of tissue sections, ethyl alcohol level determination) allowed for verification of the investigation hypothesis, exclusion of a criminal act and demonstrating dog-inflicted injuries as the cause of death.