Pleural fluid accumulation detectable on paediatric post-mortem imaging: a possible marker of interval since death?
J L BarberJ C HutchinsonN J SebireOwen John ArthursPublished in: International journal of legal medicine (2016)
The accumulation of pleural fluid detectable on PMMR in children is related to post-mortem interval. If this holds for a larger population, it may therefore be a useful marker for estimating time of death. A similar relationship was not found for perinatal deaths and stillbirths, the reasons for which remain uncertain.