Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pathology
Open Access

Review Article

Vitreous Humor: A Short Review on Post-mortem Applications

¹Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan and Royal University Hospital, Canada

²Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan and Royal University Hospital, Canada

*Corresponding Author:

Kalra J
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital
103 Hospital Drive Saskatoon, Sk, S7N 0W8, Canada
Tel: 306-655-2152
Fax: 306-655-2223
E-mail: jay.kalra@usask.ca

Received Date: September 01, 2014; Accepted Date: November 12, 2014; Published Date: November 15, 2014

Citation: Baniak N, Campos-Baniak G, Mulla A, Kalra J (2015) Vitreous Humor: A Short Review on Post-mortem Applications. J Clin Exp Pathol 5:199. doi: 10.4172/2161-0681.1000199

Copyright: © 2015 Baniak N, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Vitreous humor has been investigated since the 1960s, with many debates occurring over the years with regard to the usefulness of its specific applications. The composition of several electrolytes in post-mortem vitreous humour has been extensively studied. Using the fluid for determining the cause of death has also become commonplace, including testing glucose levels of diabetic related deaths, as well as alcohol and drug related fatalities. The debate regarding the composition between two eyes of the same individual has been an issue in the past, but has since been resolved.

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