Abstract

Updated easiest and accurate confirmation of early pregnancy during Autopsy

Author(s): Neelam Shrivastava, D. K. Satpathi and Rini Khare

One of the causes, for suicide in young and unmarried females, is a relationship without wed log which turns into pregnancy and due to failure of relationship to hide the shameful condition and guilt, female commits suicide. Sometimes during the autopsy, misdiagnosis of pregnancy causes embarrassing conditions to parents and on the other side, if the finding is not detected which leads to the escape of the accused from punishment. Therefore, an accurate test of pregnancy is essential. In prevailing practice, the size of uterus and corpus luteum is compared with a non pregnant uterus for diagnosis of pregnancy but in early pregnancy, the size of uterus and corpus luteum doesn't increase considerably and findings usually missed. The proposed method is an easy and confirmatory test for the same which is done by examining urine or blood serum for HCG (Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin) of deceased by HCG strip. Sometimes tests may come positive if the deceased aborted within 15 days.