Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 4

Age Related Changes in Accidental Contusion at Tertiary Care Centre

  • Author:
  • Swapnil Patond1, Prakash Mohite2,, Sudhir Ninave3, Pawan Wankhade4, Varsha Pande5
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 33 to 36

1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine JNMC, DMIMS, Wardha, Maharashtra

2Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine JNMC, DMIMS, Wardha, Maharashtra

3Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine JNMC, DMIMS, Wardha, Maharashtra

4Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, CCMMC, Durg, Chhattisgarh

5Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy JNMC, DMIMS, Wardha, Maharashtra

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Prakash Mohite, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine JNMC, DMIMS, Wardha. E-mail: drprakashmohite@rediffmail.com, Mob.: 9850397120

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

Estimation of age of contusion plays a very important role in medicolegal cases. Contusion is defined as infiltration of extravasated blood into the subcutaneous tissues resulting from rupture of small blood vessels due to application of blunt force. Approximate Age of contusions is usually determined based on their colour.

To identify the colour changes in contusion in order to determine age of appearance.

To compare differences in colour changes of contusion based previous studies.

90 cases of contusion of known ages were examined by expert to estimate the age. The time of infliction of injury i: e contusion and its mechanism was obtained by taking history from the victim and accompanying person & its site, size or dimension and colour of injured tissue along with some collaborative findings present around the injury were noted. Values were recorded for each bruise and statistically analyzed.

Findings of Present study supported a previous conclusion that color and intensity of colour were the most commonly used feature to determine the age of contusion, visual evaluation which is an approximate method for ageing of contusion.

The most common finding found in change of colour of injured tissue was yellow which was most significant. The occurrence of blue, bluish black colour was of lesser implication. However, results within subjects suggested that there may be individual variation in haemoglobin metabolism

Keywords

Contusion, Age estimation, Injury