@article{ref1,
title="2. Haemorrhoids leading to post-mortem artefact: a case report",
journal="Medicine, science, and the law",
year="2005",
author="Bhardwaj, D. N. and Sharma, Sunil K. and Gupta, S.",
volume="45",
number="3",
pages="265-266",
abstract="Any change produced, or feature introduced, in a body after death which is accidentally or physiologically unrelated to the natural state of the body is termed as an artefact. Since artefacts may lead to misinterpretation of post-mortem findings, it is important to rule them out. Artefacts may be produced for a variety of reasons. We present a case report where a young male in his late twenties committed suicide by hanging. He was suffering from haemorrhoids. Because of his posture, there was post-mortem bleeding, which was interpreted by the police as bleeding due to the self-cutting of his veins. Hence, we felt the need to report this case.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-8024",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}