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01-03-2018 | Images in Forensics

Internal patterned injuries in trauma

Authors: Lucia Tattoli, Michael Tsokos, Claas Buschmann

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Patterned bruising of the internal organs is unusual. In these cases a cutaneous pattern of bruising is not observed but the underlying tissue may show unusual injuries that may even be recognizable as a tramline pattern. We report the suicide of a 23-year-old man by jumping off a bridge. At autopsy, an unusual finding was “tramline” bruising of the right liver lobe. The “blunt objects” that inflicted the bruising were determined to be the right ribs which were pushed against the liver capsule as a consequence of the extensive thoracic and vertebral trauma after a fall from a height with intermediate impact.

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Title: Internal patterned injuries in trauma
Authors: Lucia Tattoli
Michael Tsokos
Claas Buschmann
Publication date: 01-03-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-018-9953-2

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