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ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology2025

Fifty shades of green and blue: autopsy findings after administration of xenobiotics.

J Baumgarten, I Greb, F Holz, C Nieß, S Petzel-Witt, Christoph G Birngruber

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Review in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

J Baumgarten *Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Kennedyallee 104, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
I Greb *Poison Control Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
F HolzInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Kennedyallee 104, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
C NießInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Kennedyallee 104, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
S Petzel-WittInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Kennedyallee 104, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Christoph G BirngruberInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Kennedyallee 104, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. birngruber@med.uni-frankfurt.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-0624

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unusual findings during an autopsy may come from peculiarities in the position, shape, size, weight, consistency, smell or color of organs. The following study was triggered by an autopsy case in which an unusual blue-green discoloration of organs, which changed during the autopsy, was noticed. A review of the local autopsy database, selected cases including the antemortem clinical documentation and the literature has been performed to clarify the etiology of these conspicuous discolorations and to evaluate their diagnostic value. The study showed that certain xenobiotics may lead to such discoloration. After systemic administration of methylene blue, darkening blue-green discoloration of organs, especially the brain and heart, can be observed. In addition, the systemic administration of toluidine blue also appears to be capable of causing such discoloration. Beyond that, drugs (like Rohypnol

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Coloring AgentsXenobioticsAutopsyBrainColorFemaleForensic PathologyHumansMaleMethylene BlueMiddle AgedMyocardiumTolonium ChlorideUrinary BladderColoring AgentsMethylene BlueTolonium ChlorideXenobioticsMethylene blueOrgan colorShock treatmentToluidine blueTurquoise

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