Issue 1/2021
Content (31 Articles)
Emergence of Cumyl-PEGACLONE-related fatalities in the Northern Territory of Australia
Marianne Tiemensma, John David Rutherford, Timothy Scott, Steven Karch
Comparison of conventional autopsy with post-mortem magnetic resonance, computed tomography in determining the cause of unexplained death
Giuseppe Femia, Neil Langlois, Jim Raleigh, Belinda Gray, Farrah Othman, Sunthara Rajan Perumal, Christopher Semsarian, Rajesh Puranik
Coronal and sagittal suture lengths as novel measurements for sex identification in a sample from the Egyptian population
Zahraa Khalifa Sobh, Ashraf Magdy Gheat
Can post-mortem coronary artery calcium scores aid diagnosis in young sudden death?
Elizabeth D. Paratz, Ben Costello, Luke Rowsell, Natalie Morgan, Karen Smith, Tina Thompson, Chris Semsarian, Andreas Pflaumer, Paul James, Dion Stub, André La Gerche, Dominica Zentner, Sarah Parsons
Study of backspatter using high-speed video of experimental gunshots
Christian Schyma, Fabienne Baumann, Burkhard Madea, Walther Gotsmy
DNA isolated from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded healthy tissue after 30 years of storage can be used for forensic studies
Katarina Vitošević, Miloš Todorović, Živana Slović, Tatjana Varljen, Stevan Matić, Danijela Todorović
Electrical weapons and rhabdomyolysis
Mark W. Kroll, Klaus K. Witte, Mollie B. Ritter, Sebastian N. Kunz, Richard M. Luceri, John C. Criscione
An investigation of demographic and drug-use patterns in fentanyl and carfentanil deaths in Ontario
Filbert Yung, Jayantha Herath
The use of gelling agents to preserve burnt teeth within the dental alveoli for dental human identification – a study utilising sheep mandibles
John Berketa, Denice Higgins
Effects of high temperature on dental restorative materials for forensic purposes
Burak Çarıkçıoğlu, Tuğba Misilli, Yeşim Deniz, Çağatay Aktaş
Microbiology in minimally invasive autopsy: best techniques to detect infection. ESGFOR (ESCMID study group of forensic and post-mortem microbiology) guidelines
Veroniek Saegeman, Marta C. Cohen, Julian L. Burton, Miguel J. Martinez, Natalia Rakislova, Amaka C Offiah, Amparo Fernandez-Rodriguez
COVID-19 in the autopsy room–requirements, safety, recommendations and pathological findings
Jacek Baj, Marzanna Ciesielka, Grzegorz Buszewicz, Ryszard Maciejewski, Barbara Budzyńska, Piotr Listos, Grzegorz Teresiński
Rarely fatal bilateral re-expansion pulmonary edema after inserting a chest tube for unilateral spontaneous pneumothorax: a case report
Dong Qu, Na Chen, Dong-Fang Qiao, Hui-Jun Wang, Xiao-Hui Tan
Fatal poisoning by ingestion of a self-prepared oleander leaf infusion
Anna Carfora, Raffaella Petrella, Renata Borriello, Lucia Aventaggiato, Roberto Gagliano-Candela, Carlo Pietro Campobasso
Death due to consumption of ibogaine: case report
Tijana Aćimović, Tatjana Atanasijević, Kristina Denić, Vera Lukić, Vesna Popović, Milenko Bogdanović
A fatal case after an intravenous injection of levamisole
Bénédicte Lelièvre, Benoit Suply, François Schmitt, Pascale Marcorelles, Guillaume Drevin, Clotilde Rougé Maillart
Is the role of forensic medicine in the covid-19 pandemic underestimated?
Milenko Bogdanović, Tatjana Atanasijević, Vesna Popović, Zoran Mihailović, Bojana Radnić, Tijana Durmić
Airway compromise and thyroglossal duct cysts in adulthood
Roger W. Byard
Signet-ring cell appearance of atrophic fat cells
John D. Gilbert, Neil E. I. Langlois, Andrew Ruszkiewicz, David Moffat, Kathy Cash
Greenish-blue discoloration of the brain and heart after treatment with methylene blue
Carlos Durão, Frederico Pedrosa, Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira
Sudden death due to tension pneumothorax associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
Go Inokuchi, Fumiko Chiba, Yohsuke Makino, Shigeki Tsuneya, Hirotaro Iwase
Autopsy or anatomical dissection: evidence of a craniotomy in a 17th–eighteenth century burial site (Ravenna, Italy)
Filippo Scianò, Nicoletta Zedda, Jessica Mongillo, Emanuela Gualdi-Russo, Barbara Bramanti
Death in the Arctic – the tragic fate of members of the Franklin expedition (1845)
Roger W. Byard
Cysticercosis and suicide – an example from a forensic collection
Slobodan Nikolić, Danica Cvetković, Vladimir Živković
Sometimes human hair can become fair over time as the result of a long post mortem period
Vladimir Živković, Danica Cvetković, Slobodan Nikolić
Is it time for targeted and minimally invasive post-mortem examination using total body computed tomography in a medicolegal autopsy?
Jayantha C. Herath, Sahan O. Herath
Regarding “suicide by inhalation of butane gas through a homemade adaptation of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) facemask”
Petr Handlos, Romana Obadálková, Roman Papoušek
Regarding “Death due to atypical urinothorax following percutaneous nephrolithotomy”
Nazario Foschi, Federica Foti, Giuseppe Vetrugno, Fabio De-Giorgio
Correction to: The effect of temperature on development of Sarconesia chlorogaster, a blowfly of forensic importance
Melise Cristine Lecheta, Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen, Mauricio Osvaldo Moura