Buschmann C, Solarino B, Püschel K, Czubaiko F, Heinze S, Tsokos M
University Medical Centre Charité-University of Berlin, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Turmstr. 21, Building N, 10559 Berlin, Germany.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2011 Dec;7(4):344-9. doi: 10.1007/s12024-011-9233-x. Epub 2011 Apr 29.
Post-mortem animal depredation is not an uncommon phenomenon in routine forensic autopsies. We present three cases of complete post-mortem decapitation by domestic German shepherd dogs. In two cases, the head had been bitten off, defleshed and left lying near the body, while in one case it had been completely devoured by two dogs; only small skull fragments and crowned teeth could be found. Two of the three bodies were putrefied; all dog bite injuries had been inflicted after death. The cause of death was drug toxicity in two cases and fatal hemorrhage from ruptured esophageal varices in one case. These rare injuries due to post-mortem animal depredation are discussed in the light of earlier studies and case reports.
在常规法医尸检中，死后动物掠夺并非罕见现象。我们呈现三例德国牧羊犬导致的死后全头颅分离案例。其中两例，头部被咬掉、剔肉后留在尸体附近，而另一例头部被两只狗完全吞食；仅发现小块颅骨碎片和带冠牙齿。三具尸体中有两具已腐烂；所有犬咬损伤均在死后造成。两例死亡原因是药物中毒，一例是食管静脉曲张破裂导致致命出血。结合早期研究和病例报告对这些因死后动物掠夺造成的罕见损伤进行了讨论。
