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Case Histories in Forensic Histotechnology

Abstract Forensic pathology is the use of available history, detailed autopsy, and laboratory services to study sudden unexpected death. Medical examiners in the United States are charged with determining the cause and manner of deaths that were unexpected, violent, sudden, or unattended by a physician. In this manner medical examiners assist state and federal authorities in verifying the general health of the population. While many unexpected deaths can be explained following autopsy and gross examination of the tissues of the deceased, there are some instances, for example, acute myocardial infarction with short onset-death interval, where the lethally injured area in the myocardium may have no gross lesion. Histology plays the definitive role in explaining deaths in which the pathological changes are only clearly visible on the cellular level. This article describes 7 deaths where histology played an important role in determination of the cause of death. (The J Histotechnol 24:23, 2001) Submitted: September 28, 2000; Accepted with revisions: January 3, 2001