Correlation of internal organ weight with body weight and length in normal Thai adults.

OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively review forensic autopsy cases of a Thai population to show the relationship between the normal internal organ weight and body weight and body length. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The present study included 561 autopsies from Ramathibodi Hospital from August 2003 to June 2007. The subjects were from sudden unnatural death following criteria. The weighed organs included brain, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys. RESULTS: The ages ranged from 15 to 89 years and there were 461 males and 100 females. The Mean were represented by males and females; 1330/1208, 302/259, 831/659, 1390/1211, 96/81, and 252/222 in brain, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys respectively CONCLUSION: Relationship was found between internal organs weight and body weight and body length of males whereas, in females the weight of internal organs except the kidneys was not related to body length.

An autopsy report case of rape victim by the application of PSA test kit as a new innovation for sexual assault investigation in Thailand.

The case of a 30 year-old Thai female found dead on the floor at the base of a small monument on Rajadumnern Road, Bangkok, Thailand with blood stains around the body and a naked bottom. The scene investigation and autopsy findings suggested a sexual assault and multiple sharp force injuries. The approach to the postmortem examination using different laboratory tests is reviewed. The specificity and sensitivity of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in specimens from rape victims is better than acid phosphatase test. The ELISA test for PSA was tested to confirm the PSA test kit. The present report suggests the PSA test kit in addition to conventional sperm smear and acid phosphatase test for sexual assault investigation in Thailand.

A report case of sudden cardiac death in a young adult male from northeastern part of Thailand with mitral valve prolapse.

A case of sudden unexpected natural death in a young adult male from the north-eastern part of Thailand with clinical non Lai-Tai disease, but pathologic feature of mitral valve prolapse is discussed. The approach to the postmortem examination of the mitral valve is reviewed. Because of the sudden nature of this death, this entity is more commonly seen in Medico-legal Medicine populations than in hospital autopsies.