La hemorragia del etmoides: el signo de Vargas Alvarado en la muerte por sumersión
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Ethmoidal hemorrhage as a new sign of drowning is presented. Two hundred thrity-three drowned autopsied at forensic Pathology Section of the Department of Legal Medicine of Costa Rica, between January lst., 1970, and December 31, 1976, are analyzed. The importance of this sign was demonstrated in putrefied bodies and skeletal remains, in which single or combined with Niles's temporal hemorrhage, was positive in 90.2% of cases. The ethmoidal hemorrhage was more frequent in young drowned an in victims who died in turbulent waters.
Author Biography
Eduardo Vargas Alvarado, Universidad de Costa Rica
Jefe del Departamento de Medicina Legal, Poder Judicial de Costa Rica. Catedrático y director de Medicina Legal, Universidad de Costa Rica.
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VARGAS, E., "La hemorragia etmoidal en el diagnóstico de muerte por sumersión. Informe preliminar". Rev. Méd. Costa Rica XXXIX (437): 247- 257, 1972.
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