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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Issue 4/2023

Content (21 Articles)

Open Access External Post-Mortem Examination Original Article

Significant difference in cardiac ventricular dimensions when measured using two different standard methods

Jack Garland, Melissa Thompson, Isabella Thompson, Alex Olumbe, Rexson Tse

Open Access Original Article

Morphometric analysis of the palatine triangle in adult human skulls: a potential aid for anthropologists and intraoral bone grafts

Naveen Kumar, Murlimanju BV, Ravi Bhaskar, Ashwini P Aithal, Mohandas KG Rao, Kumar MR Bhat

Open Access Edema Original Article

Brain water content in sudden unexpected infant death

Johanna Marie Lundesgaard Eidahl, Torleiv Ole Rognum, Arne Stray-Pedersen, Siri Hauge Opdal

Original Article

Identification issues in bodies maimed by train fatalities: The role of the forensic pathologist

Lorenzo Franceschetti, Nicola Galante, Barbara Ciprandi, Benedetta Benini, Debora Mazzarelli, Cristina Cattaneo

Open Access Intoxication Original Article

Review of patterns in homicides by sharp force: one institution’s experience

Petr Handlos, Tereza Švecová, Adéla Vrtková, Klára Handlosová, Marek Dokoupil, Ondřej Klabal, Juraj Timkovič, Matěj Uvíra

Open Access Original Article

Pulmonary barotrauma in SCUBA diving-related fatalities: a histological and histomorphometric analysis

Josep M. Casadesús, Javier Nieto-Moragas, Maria T. Serrando, Pere Boadas-Vaello, Ana Carrera, Fernando Aguirre, R. Shane Tubbs, Francisco Reina

Autopsy Case Report

Inferior vena cava injury during percutaneous vertebroplasty: a rare cause of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism

Qian Wang, Min Yin, Qing Shi, Yijie Duan, Shuquan Zhao, Yiwu Zhou

“Clandestine” home delivery with mifepristone

Mélanie Loiseau, Pascal Guerard, François Paraf, Irène François-Purssell, Séverine Gilard-Pioc

Pathology Case Report

An instance of homicide by electrocution with hand-made electrode plates

Yu Kakimoto, Haruka Ikeda, Yutaka Matsushima, Akio Tsuboi, Atsushi Ueda, Shotaro Isozaki, Motoki Osawa

In pursuit of inter-specialty consensus on excited delirium syndrome: a scoping literature review

Sarah Slocum, Matthew Fiorillo, Eric Harding, Julie Owen, Ruby Long, Thom Dunn, Ian Martin

Open Access Review

“Scalping” in the context of criminal dismemberment and mutilation—a case report and review of the literature

Stefan Potente, Sara Heinbuch, Frank Ramsthaler, Nadine Schäfer, Nadja Walle, Peter Schmidt

Open Access Autopsy Commentary

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—features and forensic considerations

Roger Byard, Marianne Tiemensma, Michael E. Buckland, Robert Vink

Open Access Lessons from the Museum

Premature burial

Roger W. Byard