1 These tables are a constituent of the paper by Verhoff and others. The paper is published in Anil Aggrawal’s Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (Vol 8, no. 1 : Jan-June 2007) and can be accessed in full at http://www.geradts.com/anil/ij/vol_008_no_001/papers/paper002.html Table 1 Tumor diseases Morphological findings Rectal carcinoma Hepatic metastases of rectal carcinoma Calcareous thyroid adenoma Lung cancer Pulmonary metastases of contralateral lung cancer Chest wall metastases of lung cancer Anaplastic adenomatous carcinoma of the lung Pleural mesothelioma Small cell lung cancer Hepatic metastases of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) Gastrocarcinoma Cortico-adrenal adenoma Submucous lipoma of the bladder Ductal pancreatic carcinoma Hepatic metastases of pancreatic carcinoma Hepatic metastases of gastric carcinoma Adenomatous carcinoma of the lung Prostatic cancer Cerebral metastasis of SCLC Sigmoidal polypus Carcinoma of the bladder Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung Hepatic metastases of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung Rectal adenocarcinoma Prostatic cancer Pulmonary metastases of prostatic carcinoma Carcinoma of the liver Pulmonary metastases of carcinoma of the liver Hypernephroma Colonic polypus Tumor of the brain (unknown character) Renal adenoma Adrenal metastases of small cell lung cancer Duodenal polypus Pancreas head carcinoma Renal metastases of squamous cell carcinoma Adrenal metastases of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung Medullary gastrocarcinoma Own results 458 days 458 days 227 days 202 days 201 days 201 days 174 days 174 days 170 days 170 days 168 days 165 days 162 days 157 days 157 days 150 days 148 days 127 days 113 days 102 days 102 days 101 days 101 days 96 days 74 days 74 days 74 days 74 days 74 days 71 days 62 days 58 days 55 days 50 days 48 days 47 days 42 days 39 days Literature 26 days (17) 3 months (4) 1-2 years (15) 210 days (3) 2 months (3) 2 years (18) 2 Cavernous hemangioma of the liver Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue Silicotic carcinoma of the lung Plasmacytoma Glioma Renal metastases of lung cancer Scirrhous gastradenocarcinoma Adrenal metastases of gastric cancer Adrenal metastases of adenocarcinoma of the lung Angioma of the base of the brain with haemorrhagic cyst 38 days 33 days 31 days 30 days 29 days 27 days 23 days 23 days 16 days 15 days 57 days (15) Own results 267 days 240 days 240 days 236 days 236 days 193 days 193 days 176 days 157 days 149 days 112 days 76 days 61 days 55 days 51 days 41 days 37 days 35 days 30 days 27 days Literature Table 2 Inflammatory diseases Morphological findings Lobar pneumonia Chronic bronchitis Acute pancreatic necrosis Bronchopneumonia Tuberculosis Chronic bronchiolitis Chronic cholecystitis Hemorrhagic cystitis Chronic pancreatitis Chronic pyelonephritis Splenomegalia Thyreoiditis Empyema after pneumectomy Reflux esophagitis Hepatic parasitisazion Deforming bronchitis Hip joint arthritis with destruction of femoral head Elderly appendicitis Intrahepatic cholangitis Aspiration pneumonia 2.5 years (4) 2 years (23) 10 months (14) 6 weeks (4) 6 months (4) 3.75 months (4) 4 weeks (12) 3 Table 3 Fibrosing alterations and calcifications Morphological findings Endocardial scarring and fibrosis Anthracosilicosis Cholecystolithiasis Scars of the renal cortex Fibrinous pleurisy Omento-spleno-adheasion Subendocardial fibrosis Endocardial fibrosis Epicardial fasciation Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis Silicosis Periportal hepatic fibrosis Chronic perisplenitis Pleural plaque, hyaline Myocardial scaring Cicatrization of the papilla of the duodenum Nephrolithiasis Pulmonary siderosis Fibrinous peritonitis Urolithiasis with ureteroectasis Meningeal fascination with skull Cicatrication of the retropubical connective tissue Meningeal fibrous thickening Pancreatic fibrosis Thyroid calcification Prostatic calculi Splenofibrosis Own results 478 days 478 days 478 days 478 days 304 days 304 days 267 days 236 days 236 days 223 days 196 days 193 days 176 days 174 days 172 days 168 days 127 days 114 days 114 days 112 days 94 days 82 days 75 days 68 days 62 days 62 days 36 days Literature 1.9 months (4) 7.5 years (4) 145 days (3) 623 days (15) 3.5 weeks (4) 6 weeks (4) 2.5 years (4) 547 days (3) 10 years (7) 2 months (4) 59 days (15) 4 Table 4 Heart and vascular diseases Morphological findings Arteriosclerosis Pulmonary artery sclerosis with ectasia Right artrium dilatation Elderly coronary thrombosis Elderly myocardial infarction Aortal ectasia after syphilitic mesaortitis Right myocardial hypertrophy Left myocardial hypertrophy Cardiac liver Thrombosis of prostatic venous plexus Ruptured aortal aneurisma Endocardial thickening of right ventricle Pulmonary edema Chronic pulmonary congestion Pulmonary thrombembolism Insufficiency of the right artrioventricular valve (tricuspid) Hemorrhagic pulmonary infarction Cardiac spleen Auricle thrombosis Infarct of the spleen Cardiorrhexis and tamponade Foramen ovale apertum Arteriorenal stenosis, arteriosclerotic Granular kidney Thrombosis of vena cava inferior Mitral insufficiency Insufficiency of valvula aortae after chronic endocarditis Venous thrombosis of the leg Thrombosis of arteria subclavia sinistra Acute myocardial necrosis Pelvic thrombosis Acute coronary thrombosis Pancreatic apoplexia with calcification Ulcus cruris Aorto-femoral bypass Own results 478 days 478 days 458 days 304 days 304 days 304 days 267 days 240 days 236 days 202 days 193 days 184 days 184 days 182 days 168 days 152 days 151 days 151 days 149 days 122 days 97 days 94 days 92 days 92 days 88 days 75 days 75 days 75 days 74 days 72 days 71 days 67 days 43 days 30 days 22 days Literature 7.5 years (4) 2.5 years (4) 118 days (15) 145 days (3) 114 days (15) 27 days (15) 2.9 years (20) 109 days (3) 13 months (19) 6 weeks (4) 6 weeks (4) 69 days (3) 1 year (23) 118 days (15) 9 weeks (14) 5 Table 5 Traumatically caused injuries Morphological findings Osseous defect of iliac wing Rib fracture after resuscitation Decubital ulcer of sacrum Elderly cortico-cerebral defect with cyst Site of iatrogenic puncture (jugular vein) Urethraectasis (pars prostaticus) Previous meniscus removal Partial diaphragmatic rupture Hepatic rupture Elderly renal rupture Subarachnoidal hemorrhage Own results Literature 478 days 114 days 111 days 94 days 77 days 58 days 58 days 49 days 49 days 279 days (3) 49 days 20 days 201 days (16) Table 6 Other findings which may obtain the state of a cause of death Morphological findings Emphysema Stenosis of the papilla of the duodenum and choledochus duct dilatation Bronchiectases Hepatic cirrhosis Fatty degeneration of the liver Scabbard trachea Gastric ulcer Atrophy of renal cortex Saffron liver Duodenal ulcer Pulmonary dystelectasis Gastric erosions Unilateral atelectasis Tarlike stool Ileus Nephrydrotic Kidney Pleural effusion Varicosis of the esophagus Hydrocephalus externus Cerebral pressure impression of brain tissue Own results Literature 478 days 2.5 years (4) 240 days 236 days 236 days 230 days 172 days 170 days 169 days 168 days 156 days 129 days 129 days 114 days 112 days 112 days 112 days 94 days 39 days 30 days 22 days 115 days (3) 1 year (17) 10 years (7) 133 days (15) 157 days (15) 139 days (3) 6 Table 7 Other findings which may be important for identification purposes or further diagnostic measures Morphological findings Trabeculated bladder Prostatic hyperplasia Dermal scars Renal cysts Spondylchondrosis Full bladder Esophageal diverticulum (traction) Nodular goiter Inguinal hernia with fascination of the hernial sac Renal shrinkage Inguinal hernia without fascination of the hernial sac Ichthyosis Previous obduction Unilateral atrophia of the testicle Tattoo Inguinal testicle Dorsovolar atheroma Chemial eczema Paraesophageal hernia Psoriasiform lichen Own results 478 days 478 days 478 days 240 days 240 days 236 days 201 days 129 days 127 days 124 days 114 days 96 days 86 days 74 days 72 days 60 days 51 days 51 days 49 days 30 days Literature 2.5 months (21) 2.5 years (4) 7.5 months (4) 3 years (17)