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01-06-2014 | Images in Forensics
Tuberculosis and sudden death
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 2/2014
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According to information obtained from police a 45-year-old man was found dead near a bus stop in the early morning. The decedent was a manual worker and a heavy smoker. He appeared to have been in good health prior to his death, with no definite medical history apart from a recent cough. His shirt was blood stained. At autopsy, the body was that of a thin middle-aged man (Fig. 1), with no significant external injuries, apart from small abrasions on both knees. Dried blood stains were present over his nostrils, mouth, and chin.
Fig. 1
Thin body of the decedent with undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis
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