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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar;14(1):123-126.
doi: 10.1007/s12024-018-9953-2. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Internal patterned injuries in trauma

Lucia Tattoli  1 , Michael Tsokos  2 , Claas Buschmann  2
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Internal patterned injuries in trauma

Lucia Tattoli et al. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Patterned bruising of the internal organs is unusual. In these cases a cutaneous pattern of bruising is not observed but the underlying tissue may show unusual injuries that may even be recognizable as a tramline pattern. We report the suicide of a 23-year-old man by jumping off a bridge. At autopsy, an unusual finding was "tramline" bruising of the right liver lobe. The "blunt objects" that inflicted the bruising were determined to be the right ribs which were pushed against the liver capsule as a consequence of the extensive thoracic and vertebral trauma after a fall from a height with intermediate impact.

Keywords: Fall from height; Patterned injuries; Suicide; Tramline bruising.

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