AUTOPSY

• An autopsy, necropsy or post-mortem

examination is a complete surgical
examination of a body after death.
• The term autopsy comes from the Greek
word autopsia, which means "seen by
oneself."
• It refers to the inspection of a dead body
• ascertain the cause of death,
• or if this is known,
• the exact nature and extent of the lesions of the disease,
• and any other abnormalities present
AUTOPSY
• There are generally two types of
autopsies: forensic or medico legal
autopsies and hospital or medical
autopsies
• It consists of an external
examination followed by internal
examination of the organs.
 Hospital Autopsy
• Performed:
• with the consent of the family members or a legally authorized
representative of the deceased,
• in order to determine the cause of death,
• the extent of natural disease
• or the combination of comorbidities that led to the person's death.

• It is more focused on the internal examination and the

correlation of findings with the clinical records.
• The cause of death is often already known, and the purpose
of doing the autopsy is to answer specific questions such as
the extent of disease, the effectiveness of therapy, or the
presence or absence of other findings.