Year : 2010, Volume : 10, Issue : 1
First page : ( 17) Last page : ( 19)
Print ISSN : 0972-5687. Online ISSN : 0974-083X. Published online : 2010 June 1.

A Histopathological Study to Determine the Age of Contusion

Sharma A. Dr^1,*, Khanna S. K. Dr², Aggrawal A. Dr³, Mandal A. K. Dr⁴

¹Senior Resident, Forensic Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi

²Director Professor & HOD, Forensic Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi

³Professor, Forensic Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi

⁴Professor, Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi

*Email: dr_amitsharma@hotmail.com

Received:  20  February,  2010; Revised:  20  March,  2010; Accepted:  6  April,  2010; :  25  June,  2010.

Abstract

Determination of age of contusion is an important parameter for determination of age of injuries. With naked eye there are many limitations in the age determination. An endeavor is made to determine the age of contusion by histo-pathological examination.

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Keywords

contusion, histopathology, age, H&E, Van Gieson's connective tissue stain.

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