Forensic Pathologist, Vibo Valentia, Italy.
Anthropologist, Institute of Legal Medicine University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Ann Ig. 2024 Jul-Aug;175(Suppl 2(4)):134-137. doi: 10.7417/CT.2024.5101.
The evaluation of the cause of death in a forensic context is often challenging especially when the corpse is in a severely altered state (decomposed, skeletonized, charred, dismembered, etc.), thus making it difficult to obtain an overview of the features and/or lesions suggestive of the dynamics leading to death.
In this case, the corpse was partly in a state of saponification and partly in a state of mummification with signs of skeletonization. The head, trunk, arms and upper legs were mummified and almost completely dehydrated.
The use of special techniques such as the rehydration of bodies is an ancient practice. Parts of skin in different states of decomposition with the use of rehydration solution represents a useful procedure for the study of some damaging modalities, being able to identify damaged areas characterized by compression/dehydration effects, hidden by the advanced transformative state of the corpse, highlighting very damaged, in which skin normality can no longer be restored.
在法医学背景下，评估死因通常具有挑战性，尤其是当尸体状态严重改变（腐烂、白骨化、烧焦、肢解等）时，因此很难全面了解提示导致死亡的动态的特征和/或损伤。
在这种情况下，尸体部分处于皂化状态，部分处于木乃伊化状态，并出现了白骨化的迹象。头部、躯干、手臂和大腿都已木乃伊化，几乎完全脱水。
使用特殊技术，如身体的复水，是一种古老的做法。使用复水液的不同分解状态的皮肤部分代表了一种用于研究某些损伤方式的有用程序，能够识别因尸体的高级转化状态而被隐藏的受压迫/脱水影响的受损区域，突出显示那些非常受损的区域，在这些区域中，皮肤的正常状态已无法恢复。
