Sudden death due to strangulated inguinal hernia: A forensic autopsy case report

We report here a case of an elderly male, brought for post mortem examination in the Department of Forensic Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi with an alleged history of assault by some persons with the help of lathi to his head and abdomen. He immediately got admitted to the hospital with complaint of painabdomen and bleeding per nose. After ultrasonography of the abdomen, routine treatment was given and discharged satisfactorily on next day morning. On the evening of the same day, he was again brought to casualty and declared dead. The cause of the death on autopsy in this case was found to be strangulated inguinal hernia.