Abstract

MARTIN CAZORLA, F. et al. Medical forensic analysis of the pulmonary weight and of other factors in the death for drowning. Cuad. med. forense [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.2-3, pp.85-91. ISSN 1988-611X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1135-76062014000200003.

The medico-legal investigation of death by drowning is one of the most controversial and difficult issues in forensics. Have been proposed several findings at autopsy, histopathological and biological tests but none of them are specific and definitive diagnosis of this type of death. We analyze 78 cases of deaths in which a forensic diagnosis of death by drowning was established. In 18% of the total had lungs with a weight less than 1,000 g. 3.8% the lungs were normal macroscopic, known as dry lungs. Some of the cases in the medical literature as dry drowning death may be due to natural causes of difficult diagnosis.

Keywords : Drowning; Lung weigth; Dry lung; Forensic pathology.

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