Post-mortem examination or Autopsy Report
A detailed autopsy report contains details of the autopsy procedure including when and where the autopsy was done, microscopic findings, and a list of medical diagnoses and a summary of the case.
Pathological findings are correlated with clinical findings (the physician’s findings, laboratory values, radiology findings etc). The report has three parts:
- Preamble-details about the ordering authority, time of arrival of the body at the mortuary etc
- Body of the report (description of the external and internal examination)
- Conclusions- Opinion regarding
cause of death based on the post-mortem findings.
