Hidden Lesions: a Case of Burnt Remains

Overview

Journal Forensic Sci Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Forensic Sciences

Date 2023 Aug 25

PMID 37621452

Authors

Negahnaz Moghaddam

Lorenzo Campana

Claudine Abegg

Raquel Vilarino

Christelle Voland

Fabrice Dedouit

Pia Genet

Tony Fracasso

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Abstract

Key Points: The analyses of burnt human remains are one of the many challenging tasks that forensic pathologists and anthropologists have to face.We present an occurrence of a partially burnt body after an explosion and forensic anthropologists were asked whether the nature of the lesions observed on the cranium could be further specified.Anthropological analyses of the skull were consistent with the radiological and autopsy report. It was possible to reconstruct the various lesions on the dry bone.The case demonstrates the importance of an interdisciplinary approach and the close collaboration between forensic anthropologists, imaging experts, and forensic pathologists.

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