Post-mortem diagnosis of gestation choriocarcinoma: A case report.

ABSTRACT

The present case demonstrates how a clinico-pathological approach of a forensic pathologist played a key role in deciding a sudden suspicious death and also highlights the characteristics of gestational choriocarcinoma and its importance’s in post mortem diagnosis among the forensic experts and clinicians. Investigating authorities were curious in knowing whether the death was due to criminal abortion or suicidal consumption of poisoning. The case was unraveled so that the rested soul is given justice and free from all defames.