Vol. 3 No. 3 (1998), Case Report
Vol. 3 No. 3 (1998)

The Importance of Hyaline Membrane Disease in Medicolegal Autopsies Case Report

Case Report
Published 1998-10-01
Sülbiye Koyutürk
Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Patoloji Laboratuvarı
Abdi Özaslan
İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı
Sermet Koç
İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı
İnci Alıç Özaslan
Adalet Bakanlığı Adli Tıp Kurumu
Hüseyin Sarı
Adli Tıp Kurumu Başkanlığı
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Keywords

perinatal death
hyalen membran disease
live birth
medicolegal autopsy

Abstract

HMD, a frequent cause of perinatal death, is of paramount importance in medicolegal autopsies, because it indicates live birth. In this paper, a case is presented which died after two days of hospitalization following birth and in which HMD was diagnosed histopathologically during autopsy.

Key Words: Perinatal death, Hyalen membran disease, Live birth, Medicolegal autopsy.

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