Hugar Basappa S, Jayanth S H, Chandra Y P Girish, Shankar B S Udaya
Department of Forensic Medicine, MS Ramaiah Medical College, MSRIT Post, MSR Nagar, Bangalore 560054, India.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2013 Aug;20(6):632-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.03.034. Epub 2013 Apr 16.
Forensic pathologists deal not only with criminal, accidental and suicidal deaths, but also with a wide range of deaths from natural causes. Natural deaths at times can be sudden, unexpected and unattended by the relatives or friends or eye witnesses. In such cases, even though there is no criminal element in their causation, the case has to be investigated and medico-legal autopsy has to be conducted to know the exact cause of death, thus putting an end to the allegations raised. A 55-year-old male was found dead lying in his room in a pool of blood without any obvious injuries under suspicious circumstances with disturbed furniture in his room. The case was investigated due to suspicious circumstances of his death and absence of history of significant medical illness. The autopsy revealed the death was due to asphyxiation as a result of massive hemoptysis secondary to fibro-cavitatory tuberculosis.
法医病理学家不仅处理刑事、意外和自杀死亡案件，还处理各种自然原因导致的死亡案件。自然死亡有时可能是突然的、意外的，且亲属、朋友或目击者不在场。在这种情况下，即使其死因不存在犯罪因素，也必须对案件进行调查，并进行法医学尸检以确定确切死因，从而消除所提出的指控。一名55岁男性被发现死在自己房间的血泊中，没有明显外伤，房间内家具凌乱，情况可疑。由于其死亡情况可疑且无重大疾病史，该案件进行了调查。尸检显示，死亡原因是纤维空洞型肺结核继发大量咯血导致的窒息。
