caa a22 4500 475787498 CHVBK 20180406123703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004149900131 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004149900131 The UV hand lamp as a helpful instrument for macroscopic visualisation of myocardial fibrosis during autopsy [Elektronische Daten] [M. Bohnert, Emanuel Jauch, Stefan Pollak] The application of ultraviolet light in forensic practice is a well-tested method to visualise traces or skin alterations. When viewing myocardial sections under UV light at autopsy, bluish-white fluorescent areas became visible that could not be detected in the seemingly homogenous myocardium in daylight. A systematic comparison of the macroscopic cardiac findings and the pertinent histological sections showed that in all cases with a positive UV fluorescence myocardial fibrosis or lipomatosis could be confirmed by histological methods. The examination for UV fluorescence of the myocardium seems to be a simple and rapid method improving the macroscopic perceptibility of fibrotic changes and minor scars. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Ultraviolet light nationallicence UV fluorescence nationallicence Myocardium nationallicence Autopsy nationallicence Bohnert M. University of Freiburg, Institute of Legal Medicine, Albertstrasse 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany e-mail: bohnert@sun11.ukl.uni-freiburg.de; Tel.: +49-761-2036853; Fax: +49-761-2036858, DE aut Jauch Emanuel University of Freiburg, Institute of Legal Medicine, Albertstrasse 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany e-mail: bohnert@sun11.ukl.uni-freiburg.de; Tel.: +49-761-2036853; Fax: +49-761-2036858, DE aut Pollak Stefan University of Freiburg, Institute of Legal Medicine, Albertstrasse 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany e-mail: bohnert@sun11.ukl.uni-freiburg.de; Tel.: +49-761-2036853; Fax: +49-761-2036858, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900131 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900131 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bohnert M. University of Freiburg, Institute of Legal Medicine, Albertstrasse 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany e-mail: bohnert@sun11.ukl.uni-freiburg.de; Tel.: +49-761-2036853; Fax: +49-761-2036858, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jauch Emanuel University of Freiburg, Institute of Legal Medicine, Albertstrasse 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany e-mail: bohnert@sun11.ukl.uni-freiburg.de; Tel.: +49-761-2036853; Fax: +49-761-2036858, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pollak Stefan University of Freiburg, Institute of Legal Medicine, Albertstrasse 9, 79104 Freiburg, Germany e-mail: bohnert@sun11.ukl.uni-freiburg.de; Tel.: +49-761-2036853; Fax: +49-761-2036858, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer