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Background: Autopsy, being the precise and detailed study of a person's corpse following death is of different types. Medicolegal autopsy plays the pivotal role to the forensic pathologist. Regular weighing of different types of human viscera plays a significant role in medical sciences as any detection of dereliction in weight from the normal range is suggestive of some pathological changes in the organ. Recording of organ weights is regularly being done by the forensic pathologists during an autopsy. The findings are meant to be compared to what is standard or average of a specific organ for a specific age range and particular sex. The determination of weight of spleen in particular has significant clinical value. Materials and Methods: After getting institutional ethical committee clearance, the study conducted over the body of the 570 deceased came for medicolegal autopsy fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Total 570 cases had been selected after following the inclusion and exclusion criteria out of which 362 were males and 208 were females. Among the studied 570 cases, 362 (63.5 %) were male and rest (36.5 %) were female. In this study the discussion was mainly on relation of age, sex, body weight, and body length upon the weight of spleen. Conclusion: A database may be deduced from this study regarding normal range of the weight of various organs and their relation with external parameters of the subjects which can be applicable on the population of this region for future reference. In severely mutilated bodies found in mass disasters or in homicidal killing, weights of isolated organs may give an idea about the stature, built and age of the victims helping in identification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Autopsy is the precise and detailed study of a person's corpse following death. An autopsy is of different types. To the forensic expert, Medicolegal autopsy plays the pivotal role. Study of weight of different types of human body organs plays a significant role in almost all the branches of medical sciences as any dereliction in weight from the normal range is suggestive of some pathological changes in the organ. Recording of organ weights is mandatory by the forensic experts during an autopsy. The findings is to be compared to what is standard or average of a specific organ for a specific age range and particular sex. The determination of weights of kidneys of both sides in particular has significant clinical value. Materials and Methods: After getting institutional ethical committee clearance, the study conducted over the body of the 570 deceased came for medicolegal autopsy fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Total 570 cases had been selected after following the inclusion and exclusion criteria out of which 362 were males and 208 were females. Among the studied 570 cases, 362 (63.5 %) were male and rest (36.5 %) were female. In this study the discussion was mainly on relation of age, sex, body weight, and body length upon the weight of kidneys of both sides. Conclusion: A database may be deduced from this study regarding normal range of the weight of various organs and their relation with external parameters of the subjects which can be applicable on the population of this region for future reference. In severely mutilated bodies found in mass disasters or in homicidal killing, weights of isolated organs may give an idea about the stature, built and age of the victims helping in identification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]