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Post Mortem Lividity: Suggilation, Post Mortem Hypostasis, Cadaveric Lividity, Livor Mortis, Vibices. P M Staining

Post mortem lividity, also known as livor mortis, occurs after death and causes a bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin in the lowest, dependent parts of the body due to blood and other fluids settling by gravity. It begins within an hour of death as blood can no longer be pumped by the heart and stagnates in the small blood vessels under the skin. The discoloration will not appear in areas that are compressed or have continuous movement and the patches will change as the body position is altered. The appearance of lividity helps estimate the time of death.

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Post Mortem Lividity: Suggilation, Post Mortem Hypostasis, Cadaveric Lividity, Livor Mortis, Vibices. P M Staining

Post mortem lividity, also known as livor mortis, occurs after death and causes a bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin in the lowest, dependent parts of the body due to blood and other fluids settling by gravity. It begins within an hour of death as blood can no longer be pumped by the heart and stagnates in the small blood vessels under the skin. The discoloration will not appear in areas that are compressed or have continuous movement and the patches will change as the body position is altered. The appearance of lividity helps estimate the time of death.

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POST MORTEM LIVIDITY

SUGGILATION,
POST MORTEM HYPOSTASIS,
CADAVERIC LIVIDITY,
LIVOR MORTIS,
VIBICES.
P M STAINING

DEFINITION
Bluish purple or purplish red discoloration
which appears under the skin the most
superficial layers of the dermis( rete
mucosum) of dependant parts of the body
after death due to capillo venous distention

Causes of post mortem lividity


Amount of reduced hemoglobin in blood
Stoppage of circulation, stagnation of blood
in blood vessels,tendency to sink by force
of gravity.
Accumulates in the small vessels of
dependant parts of the body

NOT SEEN IN: CONTACT FLATTENING OVER BUTTOCKS


AND SHOULDER BLADES
AREAS COMPRESSED BY TIGHT CLOTHING
ANG WRAPPING
TIGHT COLLAR OR NECKLACE
WHEN THE POSITION OF BODY IS
CONTINOUSLY CHANGING AS IN CASE OF
A BODY IN FLOWING WATER

DURATION
APPEARANCE ESTABLISHES-BY
BEGINS WITHIN AN
4-12 HOURS
HOUR

IMPORTANT FEATURES: MORE MARKED IN FAIR PEOPLE


AT FIRST THEY ARE SINGLE AND
SCATTERED AND LATER ON THEY UNITE
TO FORM LARGE AREAS OF
DISCOLOURATION
PATCHES WILL DISAPPEAR AND NEW
ONES WILL FORM ON ALTERING THE
POSITION OF THE BODY
PROLONGED SUSPENSION OF THE BODY
WILL RESULT IN PETECHIAL
HEMORRHAGES OVER THE DEPENDANT
PARTS

COLOUR OF P.M.STAINING
ASPHYXIA-BLUISH VIOLET AND PURPLE
CO & HCN POISONING- CHERRY RED OR
PINK(ALSO IN COLD EXPOSURES AND
BURNS SOMETIMES)
POTASSIUM CHLORATE, POTASSIUM
CHROMATE,NITROBENZENE,ANILINECHOCOLATE OR COFFEE BROWN
REFRIGERATED BODY- BRIGHT PINK
PATCHES

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