Medicolegal Aspects of Wounds

Reddy, Konda Sireesha

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“…Adrenaline plays a major role in this phenomenon. 5 The other areas which need attention in this aspect are aneurysmal rupture leading to cerebral haemorrhage or subarachnoid haemorrhage. Death can occur even from a slightest injury on previous diseased or injured organ viz.…”

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All murders are culpable homicides, but all culpable homicides are not murders

Ramalingam S,

Narayanan S,

Narendar R

2024

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There is always a correlation between any trauma and disease that the trauma may have caused death or disease would have caused the death where the trauma may have been aggravated the disease process. This is very important in the aspect of legal system that the IPC sections may vary, and the role of a forensic surgeon to clarify it medically. Here is the case where the deceased died due to her pre-existing illness, which the alleged accused is not aware of, but the alleged accused is charged of murder under S 302 IPC instead of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under S 304 IPC.

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All murders are culpable homicides, but all culpable homicides are not murders

Ramalingam S,

Narayanan S,

Narendar R

2024

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“…2 The relationship between the trauma and the natural disease especially heart disease is always a difficult area of The emotional upset that accompanies injury, or even the threat of fear of an injury can cause death due to transient hypertension or tachycardia that may precipitate a subintimal haemorrhage, arrhythmias, or intracranial haemorrhages. 3 A heart attack may occur while during quarrel either incidentally as a normal progression of a chronic disease process or due to unusual physical or mental strain. It is due to sudden release of epinephrine.…”

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“…It is due to sudden release of epinephrine. 3 The other areas to be concerned in this aspect are the bursting of an aneurysm, cerebral or subarachnoid haemorrhage, hypertension or any other natural disease. Death may occur from a slight injury inflicted on previously diseased organ, e.g., miliary aneurysms, fatty degeneration of heart, duodenal ulcer, ulcerative colitis, enlarged spleen especially due to malaria, amoebic liver abscess, hydatid cyst, tuberculosis, disseminated sclerosis, parkinsonism, etc.…”

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“…In such cases, if injury accelerates the process of dying or precipitates death, the assailant is not guilty of culpable homicide, but he can be charged of simple or grievous hurt, if it can be proved. 2,3 It is also predictable that these persons could have succumbed to his pre-existing heart disease at any moment. 4 If it can be proved from an autopsy that death resulted from natural cause, and that the infliction of the injury did not operate in any way either immediately or remotely, the assailant will not hold responsible for the death of his victim.…”

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A meticulous autopsy halts erroneous justice – Case report

Ramalingam

Veeravijayan²,

Narayanan³

2023

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The relationship between the trauma and the disease poses a biggest problem in interpretation, when a person who was either previously diseased dies after a trauma or who developed disease after sustaining injury. The importance of an autopsy in establishing the actual cause of death is most important in natural deaths, but it is even more important in the event of unnatural deaths. Here, we present a case report where the investigating agency booked the case under IPC S.304A and later the cause of death in the case is found to be a natural and the section was altered to IPC S.174.

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“…It is suggested to perform an early angiography before removing the foreign body and repeat it to find late aneurysm formation even after years of injury in some cases. [ 19 ]…”

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Stab wounds to the head; Case series, review of literature, and proposed management algorithm

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Background and Objectives: Stabbing the head is a rare event. It may occur following an assault or self-inflicted injury. We intend to report our experience with four such cases and review narratively the relevant literature. A treatment algorithm will be delivered. Materials and Methods: We have reviewed four of our cases; three were stabbed to the orbit and one to the head. Results: Enucleation was performed in one case. Vision could be preserved in the other two and brain abscess developed in the other cases due to a retained piece of knife. We made a comparison between our cases and those limited reports in the literature to reach an algorithm. Conclusion: The temporal region and the orbit are the targets mostly attacked in the craniofacial stabs. Since knives have a sharp and thin edge, they may break when penetrating the skull. The damage to the brain tissue and the retained piece of knife may be missed easily by overlooking the small injury to the scalp. The suggested algorithm would be a contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of the skull and brain and a kind of brain vascular study are necessary, considering the location of the knife in the skull and brain passing the area with crowded vasculature. The best treatment protocol is surgery accompanied by antibiotic therapy.

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Medicolegal Aspects of Wounds

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All murders are culpable homicides, but all culpable homicides are not murders

All murders are culpable homicides, but all culpable homicides are not murders

A meticulous autopsy halts erroneous justice – Case report

Stab wounds to the head; Case series, review of literature, and proposed management algorithm

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