A Five Years Retrospective Study of Incidental Findings in Medico-Legal Autopsies

Abstract

Aim of the study: The aim of the study is to find out the spectrum of incidental pathological lesions in
the deceased during medico legal autopsy which are not directly related to the cause of death. This study
emphasizes the incidence of various incidental lesions which otherwise would have been unnoticed during
a person’s life.
Materials and method: A five years retrospective study was conducted from 2012 to 2017 at the department
of Forensic medicine Assam Medical College and hospital,. The organs where the pathological lesions were
detected mostly comprise of lungs, liver, kidneys and heart. The sections from organs were preserved in
10% formalin and prepared for histopathological examination. The gross and histopathological findings
were noted.
Results: 75 cases of cirrhosis of liver, 62 cases TB lung,93 cases of coronary artery disease and 18 cases
of cystic lesions of kidney were detected where the cause of death is not directly related with these lesions.