Multidimensions of Abrasion: Case Series and Literature Review

Abstract

The scratch is a colloquial term for abrasion, which is a type of mechanical injury and legally classified as simple hurt, because of no bleed tendency, heal without permanent scars and required conservative management in most of the circumstances. In general abrasions are superficial injuries to the skin, mostly characterized by the removal of the superficial layers of the epidermis. Abrasion is the most commonly encountered wound in clinical and forensic practice.But we didn't come across any case report or series, regards to forensic and medicolegal aspects of abrasion on extensive search. Hence this case series reinforces existing knowledge of medical professionals, and also guides clinical and medico legal works in new perspectives. In this case series, four cases of medicolegal autopsy are solitarily interpreted based on gross findings of abrasion injuries, though abrasions are almost not fatal in nature and don't contribute to cause of death except few circumstances like an infected wound, but it gives crucial information for clinical and medico legal works. Every big problem has a simple solution and a small key opens big doors; similarly unsolved mysteries forensic cases can be solved with simple injury such as abrasion.