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

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Type of autopsy</td><td align="center">Number of cases (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hospital</td><td align="center">3 (1.8%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Medicolegal</td><td align="center">163 (98.2%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Total</b></td><td align="center"><b>166</b></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Comparison of hospital (clinical) and medicolegal autopsies.

Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Table 1: The Role of Necropsy in Diagnostic Dilemmas as Seen in a Tertiary Hospital in North Central Nigeria 