TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - 2. Haemorrhoids leading to post-mortem artefact: a case report
JO  - Medicine, science, and the law
A1  - Bhardwaj, D. N.
A1  - Sharma, Sunil K.
A1  - Gupta, S.
SP  - 265
EP  - 266
VL  - 45
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-8024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -