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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 3/2014

01-09-2014 | Images in Forensics

Thoracolithiasis: a unique autopsy finding

Authors: Petr Hejna, Jan Laco

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2014

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Excerpt

A 68-year-old man was found dead by his relatives at his apartment with signs of advanced putrefaction. The coroner who performed the postmortem examination at the scene of the death requested a medicolegal autopsy because the cause of death was uncertain. The man’s medical history was unremarkable. …
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Metadata
Title
Thoracolithiasis: a unique autopsy finding
Authors
Petr Hejna
Jan Laco
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-014-9542-y

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