abstract：INTRODUCTION:Brainstem haemorrhage is common in cases of head injury when it is associated with space-occupying lesion and increases in the intracranial pressure (duret haemorrhage), in cases of diffuse axonal injury (in dorso-lateral quadrant) and diffuses vascular injury (in the periventricular tissue). However focal...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Al-Sarraj S,Fegan-Earl A,Ugbade A,Bodi I,Chapman R,Poole S,Swift B,Jerreat P,Cary N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis is a rare disorder characterised by repeated episodes of intra-alveolar bleeding in association with consecutive anaemia, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension and respiratory failure. Pregnancy may exacerbate the symptoms of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis typically worsen...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Töro K,Herjavecz I,Vereckei E,Kovács M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple self-inflicted gunshot wounds are rare and usually present a challenge to the forensic pathologist in determining the manner of death. Determining a person's capability to act following a gunshot wound can be of major importance in crime scene reconstruction and in differentiation between homicide and suicide...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Hejna P,Safr M,Zátopková L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:My experience of the new Diploma in the Forensic and Clinical aspects of Sexual Assault and how this could be used as guidance for future candidates. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Love L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence to local guidelines on the use of HIV post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and hepatitis B vaccine following sexual assault was evaluated by means of audit. Forensic Medical Examiners (FMEs) were asked to complete an audit form after conducting sexual offence examinations at Gloucester Sexual Assault Referral Cen...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Bennett J,Johnson S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As forensic DNA technology has become a common tool in criminal investigations, scientists have attempted to obtain DNA evidence from what were once considered unlikely sources. "Touch DNA" refers to the DNA that is left behind from skin cells when a person touches or comes into contact with an item. This present stud...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Aditya S,Bhattacharyya CN,Chaudhuri K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerosolised pentamidine (AP) is used for prophylaxis against infection with Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii), a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this article we report a 55 year old man with HIV and a background history of asthma since childhood, who su...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Green A,Milne N,Ong BB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colchicum autumnale is commonly known as autumn crocus, and as 'gowri gedde' in the southern region of Karnataka State in South India. It contains an alkaloid called colchicine, which blocks the cell division by inhibiting mitosis. We present a sporadic case of suicidal plant poisoning wherein a 24-year-old man consum...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Nagesh KR,Menezes RG,Rastogi P,Naik NR,Rasquinha JM,Senthilkumaran S,Fazil A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamponade due to rupture of the chambers of the heart, in particular the left ventricle, after blunt thoracic trauma is described only sparsely in the literature. Most cases involve multiple thoracic trauma following motor vehicle accidents. We present the case study of a five-year old victim of a household accident, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Scolan V,Stahl C,Eysseric H,Peoc'h M,Barret L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly man was stabbed with a needle and syringe onto his abdomen while asleep. He progressively developed respiratory failure and coma and died an hour later. Autopsy findings and laboratory analysis confirmed the death as being due to poisoning by cyanide. This case highlights the need to consider cyanide as a p...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Abeyasinghe NL,Perera HJ,Weerasinghe DS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When creating a basic biological profile, determining the sex of subadult skeletal remains is always problematic and several methods for sex determination have been proposed over time. The lateral angle of the internal auditory canal has been described as a good sex predictor in adults, and here we test its reliabilit...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Gonçalves D,Campanacho V,Cardoso HF

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate premature mortality and causes of death from young adulthood to middle age in a cohort of drug users followed during almost four decades. DESIGN:Follow-up study of a consecutive cohort of patients with drug abuse/dependence. METHODS:A cohort of 561 drug abusers, admitted to a detoxification and short...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Nyhlén A,Fridell M,Hesse M,Krantz P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Documentation of torture is a multidisciplinary, multistage scientific procedure evolved over the past decades through the experience of various strata in medical and related fields. It plays a key role in effective corroboration of facts, providing redress to victims and also has a long term regulatory impact on prev...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Perera C,Verghese A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of lethal gas embolism occurring in a hospital setting are presented. These did not differ with regards to the medical cause of death (MCOD), but did so with regard to the medico-legal cause of death (MLCOD). In the first case, the immediate recognition of a suspicious death and subsequent conservation of th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Benali L,Abriat F,Titier K,Robinson P,Gromb S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac deaths constitute a major health problem. Most cases are attributed to cardiomyopathies, coronary artery diseases and functional dysregulations. Sudden death in an adult due to a primitive cardiac tumor is a rare occurrence. In the following, we present a case of an adult male who died from an undiagnos...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Maujean G,Tabib A,Malicier D,Fanton L

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally recognized that usable DNA may be retained in dry biological stains for years. We have explored the environmental limits for this property. Air-dried blood stains were incubated at different conditions of relative humidity (RH) and temperature. The quality of the extracted DNA was assessed by the abili...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Dissing J,Søndervang A,Lund S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic pathologists can help in the investigation of sudden unexpected deaths in co-operation with the officials responsible for the maintenance of law and order to administer justice. Sudden unexpected deaths form the subject of medicolegal investigation if they occur in apparently healthy individuals, wherein an a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Shetty BS,Boloor A,Menezes RG,Shetty M,Menon A,Nagesh KR,Pai MR,Mathai AM,Rastogi P,Kanchan T,Naik R,Salian PR,Jain V,George AT

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA analysis is very useful for the interpretation of the history of human migration and to estimate the frequency of a haplotype in the forensic context. From a human settlement perspective, La Paz area is greatly interesting since the first planned city of the region is located there. Samples from 110 ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Afonso Costa H,Carvalho M,Lopes V,Balsa F,Bento AM,Serra A,Andrade L,Anjos MJ,Vide MC,Pantoja S,Vieira DN,Corte-Real F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-mortem injuries caused by terrestrial and aquatic animals are commonly encountered in forensic practice. We present a case where an autopsy of a body recovered from the sea showed post-mortem injuries and numerous crustaceans in the heart and lungs. They have gained access to these organs via oro-nasal route and ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Colombage SM,Telisinghe PU

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case of firearm fatality, the autopsy surgeon is required to opine as to the range of fire in addition to the cause of death which will help in reconstruction of the events. Problems may arise in estimating the range of fire based on wound ballistics when there is an alteration or modification in the internal bal...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Palimar V,Nayak VC,Arun M,Kumar PG,Bhagavath P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air weapons whether rifles or pistols are, potentially, lethal weapons. The UK legislation is complex and yet little known to the public. Hunting with air weapons and the laws controlling those animals that are permitted to be shot with air weapons is even more labyrinthine due to the legal power limitations on the po...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Bruce-Chwatt RM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Firecracker display is used worldwide for celebrating religious festivities, New Year celebrations and various other occasions. Explosion during the manufacture of firecrackers can result in serious injuries. We, herein, report a case, where a person succumbed to injuries sustained in an explosion in a firecracker fac...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Nagesh KR,Menezes RG,Shetty BS,Menon A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year old girl suspected of having been sexually abused owing to the presence of anal condyloma was found to be infected by Chlamydia trachomatis. Microbiological analysis and anamnesis were consistent with the infection having been acquired at birth. This case confirms that untreated infection acquired at birth ca...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： de Barbeyrac B,Benali L,Clerc M,Garapon S,Bébéar C,Gromb S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthright International, formerly Doctors of the World-USA, has for the past 15years trained clinicians to perform forensic medical evaluations of torture survivors. As the burden of proof in asylum cases in the United States has increased, so has the scrutinizing of the evidence presented. We present a series of ca...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Stadtmauer GJ,Singer E,Metalios E

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocere has a long history of frightening and fascinating mankind, from so called "incorruptible saints" to the famous "iceman" and its formation on human remains has long been known and feared. Adipocere formation replaces the putrefactive changes, when the body lies buried in shallow, moist, clay, soiled grave or ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Mohan Kumar TS,Monteiro FN,Bhagavath P,Bakkannavar SM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case with an atypical entrance wound as a result of a destabilized full metal jacket bullet penetration. The destabilized bullet by an impact with the dorsal hand experiences a yawing to tumbling motion in flight. The large angle of yaw induces a larger presenting profile upon impact that contributes, asso...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Farrugia A,Raul JS,Geraut A,Tortel MC,Ludes B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrophilia is a paraphilia whereby the perpetrator gets sexual pleasure in having sex with the dead. Most jurisdictions and nations have laws against this practice. Necrophilia exists in many variations, and some authors have attempted to classify necrophilia. However many related terms such as pseudonecrophilia cont...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Aggrawal A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blank firing pistols are generally considered to be harmless and these guns are not accepted as being firearms in most countries. Due to lack of legal regulations these guns are easily purchased by anyone aged over 18 years. Reports of serious injuries and even fatalities due to these guns are increasing in the litera...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Buyuk Y,Cagdir S,Avsar A,Duman GU,Melez DO,Sahin F

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-mortem radiology and autopsy findings in a series of six diving-related deaths are presented. The cases had different causes of death but essentially similar radiological findings. We propose that the so-called classical radiological features of cerebral arterial gas embolism more likely represent "off-gassing" (...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Wheen LC,Williams MP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented where confusion arose about skin lesions and whether they were diabetic or electrical in origin. The deceased was a known diabetic and hypertensive man. A middle-aged person in early fifties was found unconscious in the cell and judicial autopsy was performed. He was facing trial for capital punish...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Murty OP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual dimorphism represents a group of morphologic characteristics that differentiate males from females. Craniofacial morphology and more specifically the mandibular angle have been evaluated for their interest in orthodontic, anthropologic and forensic applications. Currently, limited data are available relative to...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Ayoub F,Rizk A,Yehya M,Cassia A,Chartouni S,Atiyeh F,Majzoub Z

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a fatal environmental accidental injuries of lightning. A pedestrian was struck by lightning. The macroscopic and microscopic lightning injuries are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Murty OP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measuring teeth is a useful adjunct in sex assessment. Canines, in particular, have the greatest degree of sexual dimorphism, resist disease and survive postmortem trauma, rendering them highly valuable in identification. Hence, their exclusive use in odontometric sex assessment using the Mandibular Canine Index (MCI)...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Acharya AB,Mainali S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the CT characteristics of orbital blowout fracture, we reviewed 76 cases with orbital blowout fracture and analyzed their clinical forensic characteristics. The missed diagnosis rate of cranial CT was 26.3%, and plain X-ray was 47.4%. The orbital CT examination has advantages in diagnosing orbital blowout f...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Chen T,Gu S,Han W,Zhang Q

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide is an important health hazard worldwide. Hanging is one of the preferred means of committing suicide in India. The current research is aimed to describe the victimologic profile and find the gender differences in suicidal hanging in Manipal, South India. A 10-year retrospective review of medicolegal autopsy re...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Kanchan T,Menezes RG

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury to the male external genitalia is relatively uncommon when compared with other parts of the human body. Trauma to external genitalia could result from accidents involving motor vehicles, power farm machinery, gun shot and stab injuries. We present a rare case of traumatic degloving injury of male external genit...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Suresh Kumar Shetty B,Jagadish Rao PP,Menezes RG

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Falanga torture involves repetitive blunt trauma to the soles of the feet and typically leaves few detectable changes. Reduced elasticity in the heel pads has been reported as characteristic sequelae and palpatory testing of heel pad elasticity is therefore part of medicolegal assessment of alleged torture v...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Torp-Pedersen ST,Matteoli S,Wilhjelm JE,Amris K,Bech JI,Christensen R,Danneskiold-Samsøe B

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antidepressant milnacipran is a double serotonin/noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor. The low reported incidence of intoxication indicates excellent tolerance in comparison with tricyclic and second generation antidepressants. We report a fatal intoxication associating milnacipran, at blood levels (femoral=21.5 mg/l, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Fanton L,Bévalot F,Grait H,Le Meur C,Gaillard Y,Malicier D

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paternity disputes and other forms of kinship testing are routinely resolved using short tandem repeat (STR) DNA loci. Sibship determination is encountered in instances where the DNA profiles of two individuals are compared to determine if they are siblings. If either parent is available for testing then the situation...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Pu CE,Linacre A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Marfan syndrome has a range of characteristic morphological features involving the ocular, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems, the phenotype is variable. In addition, mutations have been identified in the gene encoding for fibrillin-1 and also in the transforming growth factor-beta receptor 2 (TGF-bet...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Hirani R,Koszyca B,Byard RW

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00