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    The document summarizes the external and internal findings of an autopsy on a highly decomposed male body that was approximately 50 years old. Externally, the body showed signs of advanced decomposition like blue fingernails and toenails, bloated face and limbs, and maggots. Internally, the organs were decomposed and their structure was altered, with liquefied brain and an empty bladder. The document asks questions about determining the stage of decomposition, probable cause of death, time since death, additional investigations needed to confirm cause of death, and the definition of forensic entomology.

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    The document summarizes the external and internal findings of an autopsy on a highly decomposed male body that was approximately 50 years old. Externally, the body showed signs of advanced decomposition like blue fingernails and toenails, bloated face and limbs, and maggots. Internally, the organs were decomposed and their structure was altered, with liquefied brain and an empty bladder. The document asks questions about determining the stage of decomposition, probable cause of death, time since death, additional investigations needed to confirm cause of death, and the definition of forensic entomology.

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    The document summarizes the external and internal findings of an autopsy on a highly decomposed male body that was approximately 50 years old. Externally, the body showed signs of advanced decomposition like blue fingernails and toenails, bloated face and limbs, and maggots. Internally, the organs were decomposed and their structure was altered, with liquefied brain and an empty bladder. The document asks questions about determining the stage of decomposition, probable cause of death, time since death, additional investigations needed to confirm cause of death, and the definition of forensic entomology.

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    DR PATNAM MAHENDER REDDY INSTITUTE OF

    MEDICAL SCIENCES & HOSPITAL, Chevella - 501503

    AUTOPSY QUESTION

    EXTERNAL findings:

    Highly decomposed body of a male aged about 50 years, finger and toe nails were
    blue in color. Face, Chest, Abdomen, Legs and upper limbs were bloated. Blood
    stained decomposed frothy discharge from the mouth and nostrils oozing out. Eye
    balls were softened and bulged out. Tongue bulged out. Scalp hairs come off
    easily. Postmortem blebs and peeling of the skin noted all over the body.
    Crawling maggots seen all over the body mostly around the natural orifices.
    Partial degloving of hands and soles noted.

    INTERNAL findings:

     Each pleural cavity contains 50ml of decomposed fluid. Peritoneal cavity


    contains 100ml of decomposed fluid. Heart, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Kidneys
    decomposed, morphology made out, structural configuration altered.
     Stomach and intestine: glued together, seen as a black greasy enmasse.
     Bladder – Empty.
     Brain- liquedfied – no evidence of any blood clots.
     Hyoid bone – Intact.
     Larynx & Trachea – mucosa decomposed.

    Answer following questions:

    1. What is the stage of Decomposition in this case?


    2. What is the probable cause of death?
    3. What is the time since death?
    4. What are the investigations you will do to confirm cause of death in
    this case?
    5. What is Forensic Entomology?

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