scholarly journals Mortuary Profile for Unnatural Deaths at Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College

1970 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostaque Rahim ◽  
TC Das
Keyword(s):  
Medical Journal ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Unnatural Death ◽  
Different Types

Death is unnatural when caused permaturely against the order of nature by injury, position or other means of violence. Data on unnatural deaths may reflect the law and order situation in a particular area of jurisdiction. This study is concerned with pattern of unnatural deaths in Dhaka Medical College mortuary during 1996. We found 1725 (97%) cases of unnatural deaths by analyzing 1772 cases of deaths. Data gives 18.37% increment in unnatural deaths 77.28% was males and 22.71% females. The frequency pattern of unnatural deaths were 68.92% RTAs, 11.69% homicide, 08.00% suicide and 2.80 natural. Burn, electrocution and others comprise the rest 11.565 unnatural deaths. Males suffer 3.4X more unnatural deaths than females. But RTAs males were 5.31X, in homicide 11.40X, in suicide 1.70X respectively than females. In hanging, female were predominant (1.72X of male deaths). 21-40 years is the age group showing peak frequencies on different types of unnatural deaths though hanging showed peak on 11-20 years. Besides, 95.47% of the unnatural deaths were the Muslims, 4.25% were Hindu and .14% was Christians. Firearms were used in 29.40% cases, blunt weapon in 38.46% cases and sharp cutting weapon in 31.60% cases of homicides respectively. Key words: Unnatural Death, RTA, Homicide   DOI: 10.3329/bmj.v38i2.3572 Bangladesh Medical Journal 38(2) 2009 44-47

scholarly journals Incidence of accessory spleen in Bangladeshi cadaver

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Md Ashraful Islam Chowdhury ◽  
Md Mahbubur Rahman ◽  
Subaida Gulshan Ara ◽  
Anjuman Ara ◽  
Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Journal ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Accessory Spleen ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Human Cadaver ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Medical College

This cross sectional descriptive study was done to find out the incidence of accessory spleen in Bangladeshi people to create awareness of the presence of an accessory spleen in a patient prior to splenectomy. During this study one hundred and twenty human cadaver of which eighty-seven male and thirty- three female of different age group were dissected in the morgue of forensic medicine department of Mymesingh Medical College. This was a cross sectional and descriptive study carried out in the department of anatomy of Mymensingh medical college, from July 2007 to June 2008. Accessory spleen was found in 20% cases where 20.68% cases in male and 18.18% in female. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cbmj.v1i1.13824 Community Based Medical Journal Vol.1(1) 2012 17-19

scholarly journals Study on Unnatural Death Patterns in Dhaka City

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Belayet Hossain Khan ◽  
Md Mosharraf Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Unnatural Death

Unnatural deaths are the deaths which are caused by any means other than any disease1. Unnatural death is an indicator of social and mental health. This retrospective study was done to ascertain the pattern of unnatural deaths, whose autopsies were performed by Forensic medicine dept. of Dhaka Medical College from 1st Jan, 1996 to 31st Dec, 2000. A total 10436 death recorded were analysed to see their age, sex etc. The study revealed that total number of unnatural deaths were 9413, out of them males were higher than females ( M- 75.78% & F- 24.22%). Results showed that Accidental deaths were 77.22%, Homicidal deaths were 14.02% and Suicidal deaths were 10.76%. Accidental & Homicidal deaths were more common in male, whereas suicidal deaths were more common in female. This study suggest an extensive studies to formulate strategies to prevent those unnatural death to improve the situation. Key Words: Unnatural Death Patterns; Suicidal; Accidental DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/akmmcj.v2i2.8167 AKMMC J 2011; 2(2): 18-20

scholarly journals Morphological Study of the Kidney in Relation to Age

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
Hamida Khatun ◽  
Zakia Sultana ◽  
Nur-A-Farhana Islam ◽  
GM Kibria ◽  
Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chy
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Key Words Morphology

Objective: The study was done to standardize the morphological data of kidney in relation to the age of person. Materials and methods: The study was done on kidneys collected from 50 postmortem cases, age from 11 years to 80 years, during the period of July 2005 to December 2005 in the department of Anatomy, M.A.G. Osmani Medical College, Sylhet. Kidneys were collected with legal permissions from the authority in charge of the morgue of Forensic Medicine department of M.A.G. Osmani Medical College, Sylhet. Among the cases 32 were male and 18 female. The kidneys were fixed in 10% formosaline. The weight, length, breadth and thickness were recorded. Result: Data were collected in 3 groups, lower age (11- 25 years), middle age (26-40 years) and higher age (41-80 years) groups. The mean weights of the kidney in 3 groups were found as 88.53 gm, 95.25 gm and 91.62 gm respectively. Similarly the mean lengths were recorded as 8.12 cm, 9.12 cm and 8.73 cm. the mean breadth were 4.46 cm, 4.31 cm and 3.58 cm. the mean thickness in these three groups were 1.72 cm, 2.19 cm and 1.48 cm respectively. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the gross values of different dimensions of the kidney, except the breadth, increases up to the age of 40 years. With further advance of age they are gradually decreased. The breadth was found greater in lower age group. Key words: Morphology of kidney, age   doi: 10.3329/bja.v7i1.3012 Bangladesh Journal of Anatomy January 2009, Vol. 7 No. 1 pp. 19-21

Suicidal Death Autopsy Analysis at Dhaka Medical College

1970 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
MN Hossain ◽  
Z Rahman ◽  
S Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Autopsy Report ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
Suicidal Death

A cross sectional study was carried out at the department of Forensic Medicine in Dhaka Medical College during the period of January 2008 to December 2009. Data were collected from 3rd copy of the post mortem reports which were preserved in the department of Forensic Medicine with the verbal consent of the doctors who performed autopsy report. During this period total 5114 autopsies were conducted. Out of this 970 cases (19%) were suicidal in nature. It was noticed that all suicidal deaths occurred from 10 years to all age group respectively, but top amongst age group of suicidal deaths occurred in between 21 to 30 years of people. Suicidal deaths are more common in female than male. Suicidal deaths due to hanging is highest, next common causes of death due to organophosphorus compund poisoning. Suicidal deaths by hanging is more in female than male but in poisoning cases male are more lvictimised than female. Objectives of our study are to see the occurrence and methods of suicidal death. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v40i1.9957 BMJ 2011; 40(1): 18-21

scholarly journals Forensic Medicine: Bangladesh Perspective

1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
KGM Rahman ◽  
MK Osman ◽  
S Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
District Health ◽  
Health Administrator ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Police Station ◽  
Medical College ◽  
System A ◽  
District Hospitals ◽  
The Government

In this paper the remnants of British medical jurisprudence, the medico legal service of Bangladesh were discussed to improve the current medico legal practice and to propose future plan. In Bangladesh, all unnatural deaths are to be reported at the nearest police station and an appointed police officer should visit the scene of occurrence for investigation and to arrange postmortem if required. The forensic services of the country are delivered partly by academic staffs of government medical colleges' forensic medicine department and rest by the civil surgeons - the district health administrator. The civil surgeons perform postmortem by the doctors under him in district hospitals, most of them have no forensic qualifications. Currently academic and professional postgraduate courses are available. The chemical examiner's laboratory is situated at Dhaka with the facility of quantitative tests only. The Government of Bangladesh is trying to standardize the existing system. A workshop on medico legal service was organized recently at Dhaka by the Medico Legal Society of Bangladesh. A DNA profiling laboratory was established at Dhaka Medical College Forensic Medicine Department. Such progress is a milestone in the development of medico legal service in Bangladesh. However, with a few exceptions teaching and training facilities are still lacking. Key words: Forensic; Bangladesh Perspective. DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v19i1.6255 J Dhaka Med. Coll. 2010; 19(1) : 61-64.

scholarly journals A retrospective study of endometrial histopathology in abnormal uterine bleeding patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 4116
Author(s):  
Neha Varun ◽  
Nidhi Gupta ◽  
Sana Khan
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Endometrial Hyperplasia ◽  
Diagnostic Procedure ◽  
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Uterine Bleeding ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Proliferative Endometrium

Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the most commonly encountered gynecological problem and almost 33 % of women in gynecological outpatient department presented with abnormal uterine bleeding. Dilatation and curettage (D and C) have been the main diagnostic procedure in the evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding patients for decades. The objective of the present study was to analyze the different types of endometrial histopathology of patients presented with the abnormal uterine bleeding and its correlation with the different types of abnormal uterine bleedingMethods: This is a retrospective study, conducted in a medical college in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology over a period of one year from June ’17 to June ’18. All cases of AUB more than 35 years of the age group who underwent D and C procedure were included in this study. Total 100 patients were analyzed.Results: Total 100 patients were analyzed. Age group ranges from 35-58 years and most common age group presenting with AUB was 35-39 years. The most common presenting complaint was menorrhagia 54% (54/100). Histopathology of endometrium showed non-organic causes in 80% (80/100) of AUB patients and the remaining 20% (20/100) had organic causes. Most common endometrial histopathology among non-organic causes was proliferative endometrium 43.75% (35/80) and the most common organic cause was endometrial polyp 40% (8/20). Endometrial hyperplasia was found in 30% (6/20) and endometrial carcinoma was found in 20% (4/20) of cases among organic causes.Conclusions: D and C is the useful and the cost-effective diagnostic procedure in the evaluation of AUB. Histopathological evaluation of endometrial samples is especially indicated in AUB patients to rule out carcinoma and preneoplastic conditions as histopathology is 100% diagnostic in cases of endometrial hyperplasia and carcinoma.

scholarly journals LIGATURE MARK ON THE NECK

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (06) ◽  
pp. 798-803
Author(s):  
Mariam Arif
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
Thyroid Cartilage ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Manner Of Death ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Male Female Ratio

Introduction: There are three types of compression of neck which are of primeforensic importance – (1) Manual strangulation (2) Hanging (3) Ligature strangulation. Ligaturemark is found in the latter two types.1 Ligature mark is a pressure mark on the neck underneaththe ligature. Initially it appears as a pale groove which on drying becomes yellowish brownparchment like.2,5 Objective: The aim is to study the information provided by a ligature markin ligature asphyxial deaths. Methodology: Study Design: A retrospective study on ligatureasphyxial deaths. Setting: Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Departments of King EdwardMedical University, Lahore and Nishtar Medical College, Multan. Period: January, 2012 toDecember, 2013. Results: The incidence of violent ligature asphyxial deaths was 4.21% of thetotal medicolegal deaths autopsied. Age group 21 to 30 years accounted for the maximumcases (37.6%). Male: female ratio was 1.02. Nylon rope (44.7%) was the most common ligaturematerial used. Ligature mark was single in all cases and was situated above thyroid cartilage in82.92% cases of hanging. In ligature strangulation deaths, mark was one in number in 93.18%cases and was below thyroid cartilage in 97.72% cases. The manner of death in hangingwas mostly suicidal (90.24%) as compared to homicidal in all cases of ligature strangulation.Ligature mark was incompletely encircling the neck in 85.36% cases and obliquely present in100% cases of hanging. In all deaths due to ligature strangulation, it was completely encirclingand transversely present around the neck. Underlying soft tissues of neck were glisteningwhite in all hanging deaths while it showed extravasations of blood in all ligature strangulationcases. Conclusions: A meticulous examination of the ligature mark during autopsy, though notconclusive, can give valuable information that can be very helpful in diagnosing deaths due tohanging and ligature strangulation.

Autopsy Analysis of Suicidal Hanging Cases in Sylhet

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Tasnuva Aziz Munalisa ◽  
Md. Shamsul Islam ◽  
Md. Abdul Hye Minar ◽  
Tahmina Islam ◽  
Kanta Deb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subcutaneous Tissue ◽  
Causative Factor ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Police Station ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Unnatural Death ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Mortem Findings

Background:Suicide is one of the leading cause of unnatural death in the world. The frequency of suicidal hanging is dramatically increasing over the period of time in Bangladesh. Methods:Anautopsy reports based retrospective study carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College to analysis of suicidal hanging cases during the study period January 2017 to December 2018. After reviewing all postmortem reports, 230 cases of death were found due to suicidal hanging casesduring the study period. Results:The highest number of the victims 76(33.04%) were from the age group 10-19 years, followed by 61(26.52%) from 20-29 years and 126(54.78%) were female. Most of the dead bodies 38(16.52%) were brought from Gowainghat police station and majority victims 32(13.91%) locality were also in Gowainghat. The commonest autopsy findings were skin and subcutaneous tissue underneath the ligature mark found pale, white, hard, glistening 225(97.83%) and cyanosis 208(90.43%). The most common cause of deathin post mortem findings was asphyxia 213(92.61%). Conclusion: A well intended and inclusive programme is needed to reduce the frequency of suicidal hanging, which will ascertain the causative factor and helps incontrol and prevention.

Morphometric study of the segmental branches of the splenic artery in human cadaver spleens by dissection method

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2.2) ◽  
pp. 7965-7969
Author(s):  
Shwetha. K ◽  
◽  
Dakshayani. K.R ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Splenic Artery ◽  
Vascular Anatomy ◽  
Lymphoid Organ ◽  
Morphometric Study ◽  
Human Cadaver ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Coeliac Trunk ◽  
Dissection Method

Introduction: Spleen is the largest lymphoid organ. It is supplied by splenic artery the largest branch of coeliac trunk. It traverses through the lienorenal ligament to reach near the hilum of the spleen, where it divides into two or three primary branches, each of which is subdivided mostly into two or four secondary branches. Moreover, a superior polar arteries and inferior polar arteries are given from splenic trunk or from one of its primary branches, which goes to the poles of the spleen, without entering the hilum. The present study was undertaken to know about the morphometry of the segmental branches of splenic artery and polar arteries Material and method: The present study was conducted on 79 adult human cadaver spleens by dissection method of unknown sex, fixed in 10% formalin solution, collected from the Department of Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore. Results: Two primary segmental branches were seen in 56 (70.9%) specimens, three primary segmental branches in 19(24.1%) specimens and four primary segmental branches in 4(5.1%) specimens. Superior polar artery was present in 18(22.8%) specimens and inferior polar artery was present in 32(40.5%) and both superior and inferior polar artery was seen in 5(6.3%) specimens. The length of primary segmental branches varied from 0.2 cm to 4.9 cm. The length of polar arteries varied from 0.7 cm to 5.7 cm. The diameter of primary segmental branches varied from 0.6 mm to 4.7 mm. The diameter of polar branches varied from 0.4 mm to 2.8 mm. Conclusion: The present study adds up to the existing knowledge regarding the morphometry of the segmental branches of splenic artery, as the various splenic conservative surgeries are dependent on better understanding of the vascular anatomy of the spleen. KEY WORDS: Splenic artery, Segmental branches, Polar artery.

scholarly journals Study of autopsy based suicidal hanging

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Nirupama Talukder ◽  
Kh A Karim ◽  
Tarana Chowdhury ◽  
Ashan Habib ◽  
Azreen Momen Chowdhury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
The People ◽  
Study Setting

Introduction: Hanging is one of the most commonly used methods for suicide in most countries. Commission of suicide by hanging is increasing in the people of Bangladesh. Suicidal hanging is detrimental to social health. Appropriate measures to prevent it are essential. Objectives: To find out the demography, cause and nature of suicidal hanging. Study design: It is a cross sectional type of descriptive study. Setting: Data was collected on predesigned proformas from postmortem reports recorded by the students of DFM and MD in Forensic Medicine at Dhaka medical college during their course. Subject: Autopsy performed on the cases of suicidal hanging at Dhaka Medical College Morgue from September, 2011 to June, 2013. Result: Out of 100 cases, eighty two (82%) were female and the most commonest (50%) age group were from 11-20 years. In 18(18%) cases Dopatta were the commonest material used for hanging. Quarrel with husband 12(12%) were the predominant cause to destroy life. In ninety (90%) cases had complete suspension where the most commonest situation of gap was on the back (38.89%). During autopsy of suicidal hanging there were injuries on the body of deceased in few cases. But these injuries did not result in death of the victim. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpp.v30i2.22677 Bangladesh J Physiol Pharmacol 2014; 30(2): 14-17

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