Non-traumatic neurological conditions in medico-legal work

Abstract The pathologist who conducts autopsies that are instructed by the Coroner or Procurator Fiscal must be aware of the many potential injurious agents and pathological processes which may involve the nervous system. This review provides an introduction to some of the non-traumatic aspects of forensic neuropathology. Neuropathological disorders may underlie sudden unexpected death in adults and patterns of brain injury may indicate predisposing causes for fatal injuries, such as alcoholic cerebellar degeneration, which is associated with an increased propensity for falls and may be fatal. This review covers some of the common neuropathological disorders encountered at autopsy, such as those related to cerebral blood flow and chronic alcoholism, and includes less common conditions, such as the fatal consequences of recreational drugs and poisons.

• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Forensic Neuropathology

• Publication date

  2004-04-01

• Fields of study

  Law, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/J.CDIP.2004.01.006
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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