The interpretation of tanatochronological data is a fundamental aspect of the medico legal diagnosis, because it allows to trace back the interval of death. Traditionally, the evaluation of the hypostasis plays a relevant role in the …
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Mariagrazia Calvano, Francesco Introna, Antonio De Donno
Currently, crossbows are involved in some deaths, including suicides. These are rare events for which an accurate study of the body discovery site and reconstruction of the triggering mechanism of the crossbow represent crucial medicolegal …
Asbestosis is an interstitial lung disease caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers and poses a significant risk to individuals working in construction, shipping, mining, and related industries. In a forensic context, postmortem investigations …
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Giuseppe Davide Albano, Vito Rodolico, Simone Di Franco, Giuseppe Lo Re, Mauro Midiri, Ginevra Malta, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Antonina Argo, Stefania Zerbo
Acute gastric ischemia is a rare condition due to the rich vascular supply of the stomach. Here we present a case of fatal gastric ischemia associated with bowel ischemia, only diagnosed at autopsy, which was requested for the suspicion of medical …
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Maria Paola Bonasoni, Filippo Pirani, Federica Grimaldi, Paolo Fais, Arianna Giorgetti, Susi Pelotti
Facial reproduction validation uses the methodology typical of forensic anthropology to confirm the accuracy of three-dimensional reproductions of faces. Achieving high accuracy in virtual facial reproductions is still under study. In the present …
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Laura Donato, Douglas H Ubelaker, Luigi Tonino Marsella, Valentina Bugelli, Jessika Camatti, Michele Treglia, Rossana Cecchi
We aimed to describe a case of acute kidney injury (AKI) with an uncommon case. We described a previously health 24 years old male that presented acute kidney injury associated with neurological and respiratory symptoms. He was initially admitted …
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Stanley de Almeida Araújo, Isabela Stefanon, David Campos Wanderley, Rodrigo Zamprogna, Rafaele Zampier, Ana Cristina Simões-e-Silva
Suicide by ligature strangulation/hanging inside vehicles is uncommon, and only few cases have been reported in the literature. This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive review of reported cases of suicide by ligature strangulation/hanging …
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Carlo Pietro Campobasso, Mariavictoria De Simone, Antonietta Porzio, Edoardo Mazzini, Anna Carfora, Alessandro Feola
A possible “exception” to Puppe’s rule regarding the intersection of skull fractures has been previously addressed due to the observation that skull fractures can pass through old and remodeled craniotomies. In a further case presented herein …
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Alberto Amadasi, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Larissa Amadasi, Lars Oesterhelweg
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant disruptions in healthcare systems worldwide, with Varanasi, India, experiencing profound challenges in managing mortality rates. In order to inform public health initiatives, it is important to …
Valid reference data are essential for reliable forensic age assessment procedures in the living, a fact that extends to the trait of mandibular third molar eruption in dental panoramic radiographs (PAN). The objective of this study was to acquire …
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Maximilian Timme, Jan Viktorov, Laurin Steffens, Adam Streeter, André Karch, Yu-Cheng Guo, Andreas Schmeling
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) deposition has been long associated with heart weight. However, recent research has failed to replicate this association. We aimed to determine the association of EAT volume with heart weight in post-mortem cases …
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Hamish M. Aitken-Buck, Matthew K. Moore, Kyra T. Bingham, Sean Coffey, Rexson D. Tse, Regis R. Lamberts
Following our review of the second commentary from de Boer et al. regarding our 2020 publication in FSMP on excited delirium syndrome (ExDS) [ 1 ], we find that it largely consists of a rehashing of the same misguided and picayune complaints and …
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Michael D. Freeman, Ellen M. F. Strömmer, Wendy M. Leith, Maurice P. Zeegers
The well-established epidemiological and neuropathological differences between infants who die alone compared to those in shared sleeping environments indicate that these cohorts have differences. Risk factors in both situations depend on both …
A 15-year-old male was attacked by a large white shark while surfing. CT examination revealed an above-knee amputation of the right lower extremity with stripping of soft tissues from the groin distally. 3-dimensional volume rendering did not show …
The objective was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of an enhanced autopsy triage (EA-Triage) setup consisting of postmortem computed tomography (PMCT), simulated quick toxicological analysis (sQTA), external examination, and case information in …
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Lea Wold Kisbye, Annika Rickert, Jørgen Bo Hasselstrøm, Charlotte Uggerhøj Andersen, Henriette Askjær Lund, Marianne Cathrine Rohde, Lene Warner Thorup Boel
Etomidate is a nonbarbiturate sedative derived from imidazole. Prolonged and excessive use of etomidate can lead to the suppression of adrenocortical function, myoclonus, and even death. This report describes a rare case of a 47-year-old man who …
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Yinyu Chen, Jiaqi Liu, Tao Song, Xing Zou, Leilei Li, Qianyun Nie, Peng Zhang
Thrombus age determination in fatal venous thromboembolism cases is an important task for forensic pathologists. In this study, we investigated the time-dependent expressions of formyl peptide receptor 2 (FPR2) and Annexin A1 (ANXA1) in a …
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Jun-Jie Huang, Jia-ying Zhuo, Qian Wang, Yue Sun, Jia-Xin Qi, Juan-Juan Wu, Yu Zhang, Gang Chen, Peng-Fei Jiang, Yan-Yan Fan
