Correlation of Histopathological Changes with the Manner of Death in Fatal Burns in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northern India Yadav Pradeep Kumar1, Choudhury Richa2,*, Verma Anoop Kumar3, Singh Rajiv Ratan4 1Senior Resident, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Associate Professor & Head, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 3Professor, & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine &Toxicology, KGMU 4Associate Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Richa Choudhury, Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, DrRMLIMS, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India, Mobile no.-9415458333, Email id- drricha_c@hotmail.com
Online published on 8 August, 2019. Abstract Objectives To find the correlation of manner of death with histopathological changes in fatal burns in a tertiary care hospital in north India. Method This was a comparative study. Cases were thoroughly studied usingspecially designed proforma that included the demographic profile of deceased along with information gathered from relatives, police & hospital records and autopsy findings. Before taking the lung sample, proper consent was taken from the relatives after explaining the purpose of the study. After gross examination, sections were taken from different lobes of lungs. Results Tracheal congestion was found mainly in accidental deaths (49.77%), followed by suicidal deaths with 28.57% and homicidal deaths with 21.66%. This difference was found to be statistically significant (p<0.001). Lung Consolidation was more commonly seen in accidental and suicidal deaths (48.4%) as compared to homicidal deaths (3.19%). Various other variables were also correlated with type of burns. Conclusion This association of histopathological changes in lung tissue could help to ascertain the mode of Death, as well as can hint towards conduction of proper inquest in suspicious cases of so called suicidal deaths Top Keywords Fatal burn, Manner of death, Histopathological changes. Top |