Drowning Versus Postmortem Submersion: Biochemical and Histopathological Examination and Estimation of Postmortem Intervals (an Experimental Study).
Legal medicine(2022)
Abstract
Estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI) is a very essential task for forensic experts especially in criminal cases. drowning is still the most difficult tasks for forensic pathologists to be diagnosed and differentiated from a body disposed of in water following death especially after long post-mortem period. The objective of this study was to estimate the PMI in drowning in comparison to postmortem submersion using mRNA expression of AQP1 in addition to histological and immunohistochemical examination of caspase-3 in the adrenal and thyroid glands of adult albino rats. Adult albino rats were divided into 2 groups; group A (drowning) and group B (post-mortem submersion). Thyroid and adrenal glands were examined at different PMI. The results revealed significant differences at AQP1 levels between drowning and postmortem submersion at different PMI. Histological changes and caspase-3 expression immunologically in both glands were helpful.
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Key words
Drowning,Submersion,Postmortem interval,AQP1
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