The Role of Necropsy in Diagnostic Dilemmas as Seen in a Tertiary Hospital in North Central Nigeria

Table 3

Medicolegal and hospital autopsies with their corresponding antemortem diagnosis found helpful to law enforcement agents and clinicians.

Antemortem	Postmortem
Drowning	Strangulation (homicide)
Sudden death? Cause	Cerebrovascular accident (Hemorrhagic stroke)
Typhoid fever	Bacterial meningitis
Hemorrhagic shock? Cause	Bleeding peptic ulcer disease
Multiple fractures from accidental fall from height	Strangulation (homicidal)
Disseminated tuberculosis	Meig’s Syndrome
Sudden death? Cause	Ruptured Ectopic pregnancy
Typhoid Septicaemia	Viral hemorrhagic fever