Medicolegal autopsy, sexual offences Flashcards
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Up to how many weeks is MTP permissible for contraceptive failure, according to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021?
20 weeks
What is the enhanced upper gestation limit for MTP in special categories of women (like survivors of rape, victims of incest, etc.)?
24 weeks
What is the punishment for performing an MTP by an unqualified person or in an unrecognized hospital?
Rigorous imprisonment for a term not less than 2 years, but which may extend to 7 years.
What is required for MTP in cases of substantial fetal anomalies?
Approval from a medical board consisting of an obstetrician, pediatrician, radiologist, and a person appointed by the state.
What is the upper limit of MTP in victims of rape, incest, fetal anomalies, or congenital malformations?
Up to 24 weeks of gestation.
What is the upper limit of MTP for substantial fetal anomalies decided by the medical board?
At any gestational age.
How long must a register for recording the details of MTP be kept?
At least 5 years.
What information is not to be entered in the MTP register?
The patient’s name. Only the reference number is used.
What is the punishment for unlawful disclosure of a patient’s details?
1-year imprisonment ± fine.
The term aggravated is used for those acts
- by person of authority
- in course of communal violence
- on mentally and physically disabled
- gang sexual assault
- deadly weapons
- grievous hurt
Superfetation
Two ova from different menstrual cycles are fertilized, resulting in two children born at the same time with potential differences in maturity?
In some individuals, ovulation may be possible until what point in pregnancy?
The first trimester.
Superfecundation
Fertilization of two different ova in the same menstrual cycle by separate acts of coitus?
Heteropaternal superfecundation?
Instances of two different males fathering fraternal twins.
Haase’s rule and Morrison’s modified law
Haase’s rule:
</= 25cm CHL–> age = square root of CHL
> 25cm CHL–> age= CHL/5
Morrison’s modification:
In last 5 months, length/5 gives age in months
Incision preferred in females for autopsy
Y shaped
Elongated X shaped incision used in
Custodial deaths
For reconstruction of events prior to death
Incision used in infants
Inverted Y shaped incision
Types of dissection
1. in situ
2. one by one
3. en bloc
4. en masse
- Rokitansky
- Virchow
- Ghon
- Letulle
BNS 292
BNS 296
292- Frotteurism
296- Exhibitionism
What does Barberio’s test detect?
Spermine, which is present in prostatic secretions and helps identify seminal fluid.
What is added to the spermatic fluid in Barberio’s test?
A saturated aqueous or alcoholic solution of picric acid.
What is the result of Barberio’s test if spermine is present?
Yellow needle-shaped rhombic crystals of spermine picrate.
What does the acid phosphatase test detect?
Acid phosphatase enzyme, which is present in high levels in prostatic secretions within seminal stains.
