WOUND ALTERATION BECAUSE OF MAGGOT ACTIVITY – A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Introduction: The role of a forensic autopsy surgeon is to conclude the cause of death and to opine upon the nature of injuries. A post-mortem artefact is any change or alteration produced in the body after death which leads to confusion whether an injury or wound was produced antemortem. A dead body of a 65 year old lady was found in t Case Report: he storage box of the bed of her room. Dead body was found by a relative and brought for postmortem. As dead body was infested with maggots it was difficult to find cause of death. Many times maggots are responsible f Conclusion: or altering the shape and size of wounds in decomposing bodies. Accurate and judicious autopsy examination is the key to differentiate antemortem or postmortem wound and help in solving crime