Ortmann C, DuChesne A
Institute für Rechtsmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany.
Int J Legal Med. 1998;111(1):35-7. doi: 10.1007/s004140050108.
A female corpse in a state of advanced decomposition and putrefaction with pink teeth and an equivalent discolouration of several fingernails was found by a group of hunters in a forest. A combination of trimipramin intoxication, hypothermia and pneumonia could be established as the cause of death. Autolysis or blood congestion can only favour the occurrence of a pink discoloration. Pink phenomena depend on special anatomical features such as the existence of porus structures protected by a dense material, which explains the occurrence of a pink discoloration in teeth and fingernails. The non-specificity of congestion, its genesis and reinforcement by exogeneous factors does not allow pink phenomena to be used as specific forensic evidence.
一群猎人在森林中发现了一具高度腐败的女性尸体，牙齿呈粉红色，多个指甲也有相应变色。经确定，死因是三甲丙咪嗪中毒、体温过低和肺炎。自溶或血液充血只会促使粉红色变色的出现。粉红色现象取决于特殊的解剖特征，如存在由致密物质保护的多孔结构，这就解释了牙齿和指甲中出现粉红色变色的原因。充血的非特异性、其成因以及外部因素的强化作用，使得粉红色现象不能用作特定的法医证据。
