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Antemortem, Perimortem And Postmortem Bone Fracture: Could Histopathology Differentiate Between them?

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Abstract

One of the important duties of the forensic experts is to differentiate between antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem bone fracture to estimate the postmortem interval. This study aimed to differentiate between antemortem, perimortem and postmortem bone fracture in late postmortem interval by histopathological technique. Sixty rats were equally divided into 6 groups. The first, second, third, and fourth groups involved rats that their left femora were fractured and left alive for 6, 3, 1 days and 12 hr. before scarification respectively. The fifth and sixth groups included rats that their left femora were fractured just before death and 2 hours postmortem respectively. Bone fracture was examined 3 and 6 days postmortem. Bone samples were stained with hematoxylin and eosin stain (H&E), trichrome stain, and Prussian blue (iron stain). Hemorrhage, the number of osteocyte nuclei, the number of bone marrow nuclei, and the degree of bone marrow dehydration were assessed. Our results revealed that hemorrhage was more evidenced in 1-day fracture, then 3 days and 12 hours, while, less in 6 days and at time of death. It was absent in postmortem fracture. There were significant decreases in the number of osteocytes and bone marrow nuclei, bone marrow hydration, and Prussian blue when examined at 6 days postmortem in comparing with 3 days postmortem. This study concluded that H&E and trichrome stain succeeded in estimation of the age of the long bone fracture and differentiation between antemortem, perimortem and postmortem fracture, while Prussian blue stain showed insignificant changes in fracture produced just before death.

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2018.4188.1016

Keywords

Wound age, bone fracture, antemortem, Postmortem, hemorrhage

Authors

First Name

melad

Last Name

paulis

MiddleName

gad

Affiliation

forensic science & toxicology depart., faculty of medicine, Minia University

Email

meladpaul@gmail.com

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First Name

dalia

Last Name

ali

MiddleName

mohamed

Affiliation

forensic medicine & clinical toxicology department, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

Email

omerzeineldin@yahoo.com

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Volume

18

Article Issue

3

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2809

Issue Date

2018-09-01

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2018-06-22

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2018-09-01

Page Start

135

Page End

160

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_17601.html

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429

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Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

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Antemortem, Perimortem And Postmortem Bone Fracture: Could Histopathology Differentiate Between them?

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Created At

22 Jan 2023