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Antipov V.M.

Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination

Tolmachev I.A.

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Lavrukova O.S.

Petrozavodsk State University

Antipov A.V.

Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination

Kostikov I.Yu.

Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination

On the relevance of examining the internal organs for the presence of diatom plankton after drowning at sea

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Antipov V.M., Tolmachev I.A., Lavrukova O.S., Antipov A.V., Kostikov I.Yu.

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Journal: Forensic Medical Expertise. 2024;67(6): 48‑51

DOI: 10.17116/sudmed20246706148

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ON THE RELEVANCE OF EXAMINING THE INTERNAL ORGANS FOR THE PRESENCE OF DIATOM PLANKTON AFTER DROWNING AT SEA
ON THE RELEVANCE OF EXAMINING THE INTERNAL ORGANS FOR THE PRESENCE OF DIATOM PLANKTON AFTER DROWNING AT SEA

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Antipov VM, Tolmachev IA, Lavrukova OS, Antipov AV, Kostikov IYu. On the relevance of examining the internal organs for the presence of diatom plankton after drowning at sea. Forensic Medical Expertise. 2024;67(6):48‑51. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20246706148

Подписка 2026 Судебно-медицинская экспертиза (Forensic Medical Expertise)
 
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Abstract:

OBJECTIVE

To establish the relevance of examining the internal organs for the presence of diatom plankton after drowning in the waters of the White Sea.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

We studied the biological material (fragments of lungs and kidneys) from the corpses of people found in the waters of the Kemskaya Bay and Onega Bay of the White Sea and waters from different areas of the White Sea for the presence of diatoms.

RESULTS

In all cases of drowning in the waters of the White Sea (in the area of the city of Belomorsk and the Kem skerries), marine and freshwater diatoms were found in the lungs and kidneys of the deceased in quantities sufficient to diagnose death from drowning in water. No diatoms were found in the unmixed waters of the White Sea. However, marine and freshwater diatoms were found in mixed waters (mouths of the Nizhniy Vyg River and the 19th lock of the White Sea-Baltic Canal). Desalination of seawater in the coastal zones of the White Sea reduces its salinity to isotonic values and even lowers it. This promotes the penetration of marine and freshwater diatoms contained in the water into the bloodstream of victims dying from drowning.

CONCLUSIONS

The obtained results justify the relevance of examining the internal organs in cases of drowning in the coastal waters of the White Sea.

Keywords:

forensic medical examination
drowning
seawater
diatoms

Authors:

Antipov V.M.

Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination

Tolmachev I.A.

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Lavrukova O.S.

Petrozavodsk State University

Antipov A.V.

Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination

Kostikov I.Yu.

Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination

Received:

22.12.2023

Accepted:

26.05.2024

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