Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 184-187 , July 2010

Bilateral calcified stylohyoid ligament: An incidental autopsy finding with medicolegal significance

  • P.P. Jagadish Rao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
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  • Ritesh G. Menezes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
    • ,
  • Ramadas Naik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
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  • Anand Venugopal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal University, India
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  • K.R. Nagesh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India
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  • Sampath Madhyastha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
    • ,
  • Tanuj Kanchan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 944 8252394; fax: +91 824 2428183.
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  • Astha Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India
    • ,
  • Savita Lasrado

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, India

Received 22 January 2010 ,Revised 9 March 2010 ,Accepted 10 March 2010.

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PII: S1344-6223(10)00036-2

doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.03.002

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 184-187 , July 2010

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