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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Issue 1/2020

Content (31 Articles)

Open Access Computed Tomography Original Article

Significance of intracranial gas on post-mortem computed tomography in traumatic cases in the context of medico-legal opinions

Aleksandra Borowska-Solonynko, Kacper Koczyk, Katarzyna Blacha, Victoria Prokopowicz

Original Article

A Study of the pupal developments of Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

Osman Sert, Gülşah Merve Örsel, Burcu Şabanoğlu, Senem Özdemir

Synergy of CT and MRI in detecting trajectories of lodged bullets in decedents and potential hazards concerning the heating and movement of bullets during MRI

Dominic Gascho, Carlo Tappero, Niklaus Zoelch, Eva Deininger-Czermak, Henning Richter, Michael J. Thali, Sarah Schaerli

Piperazine Original Article

Detection and quantification of synthetic cathinones and selected piperazines in hair by LC-MS/MS

André Niebel, Franziska Krumbiegel, Sven Hartwig, Maria Kristina Parr, Michael Tsokos

Orthopantomogram Original Article

Applicability of pulp/tooth ratio method for age estimation

Ksenija Zelic, Strahnja Pavlovic, Jovana Mijucic, Marija Djuric, Danijela Djonic

Original Article

Mass grave complexity effects on the minimum number of individuals estimation

Igor Vaduvesković, Marija Djuric

Open Access Autopsy Original Article

Presumed adverse events in health care are a frequent indication for medico-legal autopsy in Finland

Lasse Pakanen, Noora Keinänen, Paula Kuvaja

Original Article

Methods in population study of orofacial injuries in Victorian family violence homicides

Reena Sarkar, Joan Ozanne-Smith, Richard Bassed

Autopsy Original Article

Protocols, practices, and needs for investigating sudden unexpected infant deaths

Carri Cottengim, Sharyn Parks, Dale Rhoda, Tom Andrew, Kurt B. Nolte, John Fudenberg, Mary Ann Sens, Jennifer Brustrom, Betsy Payn, Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza

Original Article

Automated contour detection in spine radiographs and computed tomography reconstructions for forensic comparative identification

Julien Ognard, Lucile Deloire, Claire Saccardy, Valerie Burdin, Douraied Ben Salem

Autopsy Original Article

Mechanism of brain swelling in cases of brain evisceration due to catastrophic craniocerebral injury – an autopsy study

Vladimir Živković, Danica Cvetković, Danilo Obradović, Slobodan Nikolić

Comparison of hippocampal volume measurement by autopsy and post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging

Sissel Lundemose, Johannes Rødbro Busch, Morten Møller, Karl-Erik Jensen, Niels Lynnerup, Jytte Banner, Christina Jacobsen

Suicide Review

Suicidal ligature strangulation: a systematic review of the published literature

Stephen Cordner, Fiona J. Clay, Richard Bassed, Asser H. Thomsen

Prostate Cancer Case Report

An autopsy case of massive pulmonary tumor embolism due to undiagnosed prostatic adenocarcinoma

Aleksandra Lovrenski, Željka Vrekić, Dušan Škrbić, Bojana Andrejić Višnjić, Milena Vasilijević, Lidija Vrtunski More

Cardiac conduction devices in the radiologic comparative identification of decedents

Vasiliki Chatzaraki, Garyfalia Ampanozi, Michael J. Thali, Wolf Schweitzer

Encephalitis Case Report

Acanthamoeba spp. and Balamuthia mandrillaris leading to fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis

Daniel C. Lee, Steven E. Fiester, Lee A. Madeline, James W. Fulcher, Michael E. Ward, Christine Marie-Gilligan Schammel, Ryan K. Hakimi

Laryngoscopy Images in Forensics

Death related to epiglottitis

Ernest Morton, Joseph A. Prahlow

Autopsy Images in Forensics

Two autopsy cases of siblings with alveolar capillary dysplasia: clinical and post-mortem issues

Caterina Petetta, Lucia Tattoli, Giovanni Botta, Giancarlo Di Vella

Autopsy Images in Forensics

Occult cardiac amyloidosis: the last chapter of a 2-year long story

Lucia Tattoli, Alessandro Dell’Erba, Giancarlo Di Vella, Eloisa Maselli

Child Abuse Images in Forensics

Differential diagnosis between physical maltreatment and cupping practices in a suspected child abuse case

Francesco Lupariello, Elena Coppo, Ilaria Cavecchia, Caterina Bosco, Luana Bonaccurso, Antonio Urbino, Giancarlo Di Vella

Autopsy Images in Forensics

Fatal rooster attack

Judith Fronczek, Roger W. Byard

Mood Disorders Lessons from the Museum

Trepanation in archaic human remains – characteristic features and diagnostic difficulties

Tamara Pavlovic, Danijela Djonic, Roger W. Byard

Autopsy Letter to the Editor

Are certain pathological findings in adult autopsies absent in the very young?

Danica Cvetković, Vladimir Živković, Slobodan Nikolić

Child Abuse Letter to the Editor

Child abuse and traditional medicine practices

Francesco Lupariello