1Department of Forensic Medicine, People's College of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bypass road, Bhanpur.
2Department of Forensic Medicine, R.C.S.M. Government Medical College, Kolhapur. [Maharashtra].
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The X-ray examination of corpse is most useful in medico-legal autopsies, in various ways, especially related to establishment of identity. The identification of decomposed body poses difficulty as compared to fresh body as ordinary means of identification like fingerprints & photographs have little value in such cases. Old healed fractures, bony deformities, metallic implants and foreign bodies in bones are extremely helpful for identification of a body where previous history is available. In the present case, a metallic rod in right femur visible on X-ray examination led to positive identification in decomposed body.
Identification decomposed metallic implants
