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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Ausgabe 1/2025

Inhalt (62 Artikel)

Determination of lamotrigine in human plasma by HPLC-PDA. Application to forensic samples

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Inés Sánchez-Sellero, Iván Álvarez-Freire, Pamela Cabarcos-Fernández, Lidia Janza-Candal, María Jesús Tabernero-Duque, Ana María Bermejo-Barrera

Comparative analysis of post-mortem drug concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid and blood

  • Original Article

Paulina Wachholz, Rafał Celiński, Rafał Skowronek, Natalia Pawlas

Characterization of a novel SCN5A mutation associated with long QT syndrome and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in a family

  • Original Article

Rui Li, Da Zheng, Chunxi Lin, Yili Chen, Yang Bai, Nan Zhou, Qianhao Zhao, Wenzhao Wei, Qiuping Wu, Jiacheng Deng, Shuquan Zhao, Hui Yao, Shuangbo Tang, Bin Luo, Shuiping Liu, Li Quan, Xiaoshan Liu, Jianding Cheng, Erwen Huang

Assessing the impact of corrosive acids on human bone integrity in forensic context

  • Original Article

Priyanka Yadav, Nitin Bishariya, Jasbir Lather, S. K. Dhattarwal, Neelkamal Sharma, Arun Lohhra

Analysis of MiR-20b, MIR-197 markers for differentiation between forensic body fluids encountered in sexual assault cases

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Shimaa Ahmed Alsaeed, Noha Maher Elrewieny, Rabab Abdulmoez Amin Eltokhy, Mohamed Shokr Mohamed, Wagdy K. B. Khalil, Aziza B. Shalby, Hoda F. Booles, Heba Mohamed Aboubakr

A novel conservative technique to allow oral opening and overcome rigor mortis during medicolegal autopsy

  • Original Article

Javiera Riquelme-Navarrete, Lourdes Gómez, María Candelaria Sánchez, Pablo Navarro, Gabriel M. Fonseca

The micro CT evaluation of crown and root pulp volume versus dentin thickness in teeth in postmortem interval (PMI)

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Selcuk Cetin, Nihat Akbulut, Kaan Orhan, Burak Bilecenoglu, Mert Ocak, Emre Bayram, Ahmet Altan, Bulent Eren, Serkan Silsupur, Bedirhan Sezer Oner

Demographic, co-intoxicants and other characteristics of citalopram-involved overdose deaths

  • Original Article

José E. Muñoz, Marie A. Abate, Zheng Dai, Gordon S. Smith, James C. Kraner, Allen R. Mock

Forensic investigation of complex and complicated suicides in Attica, Greece: a 12-year retrospective study

  • Original Article

Maria Alexandri, Maria Tsellou, Anthi Kapsali, Panagiotis Ferentinos, Athina Tatsioni, Artemis Dona, Ioannis Papoutsis, Flora Bacopoulou, Stavroula A. Papadodima

Effect of hot water maceration, rehydration, and soft tissue presence on 3D geometry of bone

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Martin Bittner-Frank, Andreas Strassl, Ewald Unger, Lena Hirtler, Franz Kainberger, Reinhard Windhager, Francesco Moscato, Emir Benca

Dura mater and survival time determination in individuals who died after traumatic brain injury: a preliminary study

  • Original Article

Marcello Benevento, Antonio d’Amati, Simona Nicolì, Laura Ambrosi, Jacek Baj, Davide Ferorelli, Giuseppe Ingravallo, Biagio Solarino

Mechanical trauma in children and adolescents in Berlin

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Christine Eimer, Claas Buschmann, Jonas Deeken, Thoralf Kerner

Forensic significance of VOCs profiling in decayed ante- and post-mortem injuries by GC×GC-TOF/MS

  • Original Article

Damascene Nteziryayo, Jing Wang, Hongyan Qian, Ran An, Gao Baoyao, Hua Liu, Min Liang, Xinshe Liu, Tao Li, Jeannette Uwiragiye, Phazha Joseph

Digital matching of palatal rugae patterns for forensic identification in edentulous denture wearers

  • Original Article

Javier A. Rojas-Torres, Sandra López-Lázaro, Joan Viciano, Gabriel M. Fonseca

The impact of SARS-Co-V pandemic on violence against children: one institution’s experience

  • Original Article

Francesco Lupariello, Lucia Tattoli, Giuliana Mattioda, Barbara Lauria, Sonia Aguzzi, Sara Simona Racalbuto, Emanuele Castagno, Claudia Bondone

Age-related patterns in mandibular third molar eruption: presenting new forensic age assessment reference data from a Chinese population

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Maximilian Timme, Jan Viktorov, Laurin Steffens, Adam Streeter, André Karch, Yu-Cheng Guo, Andreas Schmeling

Gender differences in homicides. A comparative analysis of 106 fatalities in forensic autopsy data

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Cleo Walz, Steffen Eifert, Johanna Görg, Clara-Sophie Schwarz, Christian Steffan, Hauke Brettel, Tanja Germerott

Applications of forensic anthropology methodology: accuracy of virtual face reproductions performed on the Tenchini collection

  • Original Article

Laura Donato, Douglas H Ubelaker, Luigi Tonino Marsella, Valentina Bugelli, Jessika Camatti, Michele Treglia, Rossana Cecchi

Added value of postmortem mri in sudden unexpected infant death cases

  • Original Article

Alexia Van Goethem, Kshitij Mankad, Sniya Sudhakar, Günther De Temmerman, Astrid Van Hoyweghen, Wim Volders, Peter Bracke, Vidija Soerdjbalie-Maikoe, Diona D’Hondt, Babette Van Rafelghem, Werner Jacobs

Enhanced autopsy triage (EA-Triage) in drug-related deaths: integrating quick toxicological analysis and postmortem computed tomography

  • Open Access

Lea Wold Kisbye, Annika Rickert, Jørgen Bo Hasselstrøm, Charlotte Uggerhøj Andersen, Henriette Askjær Lund, Marianne Cathrine Rohde, Lene Warner Thorup Boel

Vehicle-assisted ligature decapitation – an unusual case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Deniz Passos, Eduarda Duarte, Alexandra Andrade da Costa, Cátia Viana, Dina Almeida

The role of a digital twin in supporting criminal investigations - a case report about a possible abuse

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Sven Becker, Tim Hanjo Fritzsch, Dirk Labudde

A case of death after the severing three appendiceal arteries during appendectomy

  • Case Report

Yongtai Zhang, Hongli Xiong, Fang Cheng, Qi Wang, Jianbo Li

Tension hydrothorax complicating syringopleural shunt for post-traumatic syringomyelia

  • Case Report

Michael Duffy, Yeliena Baber, Chris O’Donnell

Gastric ischemia as an under-reported cause of death in older people

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Maria Paola Bonasoni, Filippo Pirani, Federica Grimaldi, Paolo Fais, Arianna Giorgetti, Susi Pelotti

A case of suicide secondary to diethylene glycol intentional ingestion

  • Case Report

Stanley de Almeida Araújo, Isabela Stefanon, David Campos Wanderley, Rodrigo Zamprogna, Rafaele Zampier, Ana Cristina Simões-e-Silva

Death following cylindrical battery ingestion associated with toxic manganese levels

  • Case Report

Eulalie Pefferkorn, Bruno Clément, Agathe Bascou, Céline Guilbeau-Frugier, Norbert Telmon, Frédéric Savall, Fabrice Dedouit

A case report of complex suicide in physician: attempt drugs poisoning and adhesive tape asphyxia

  • Case Report

Gennaro Baldino, Stefano Vanin, Giorgia Burrascano, Elena Forzese, Alessio Asmundo, Elvira Ventura Spagnolo

Corpse or not? Two peculiar cases of misidentification

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

S. Plenzig, J. Helmus, M. Weber, M. A. Verhoff, V. Hachmann

A unique case of suicide by crossbow with indirect triggering and cranial injury: forensic issues and literature review

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Tambuzzi Stefano, Gentile Guendalina, Primavera Riccardo, Zoja Riccardo

Asbestos exposure determined 357 days after death through autopsy: a report of a multidisciplinary approach

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Giuseppe Davide Albano, Vito Rodolico, Simone Di Franco, Giuseppe Lo Re, Mauro Midiri, Ginevra Malta, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Antonina Argo, Stefania Zerbo

Exception to the Puppe’s rule reloaded and a warning in the interpretation of skull fractures: they run even through recent craniotomy burr holes

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Alberto Amadasi, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Larissa Amadasi, Lars Oesterhelweg

A case of a lidocaine intoxication of a 12 week old boy due to a circumcision in a domestic setting – clinical, toxicological and forensic aspects

  • Case Report

Noelle Dyballa, Julian Alexander Härtel, Julian Prangenberg, Hilke Andresen-Streichert

Forensic entomology in homicide cases: study of a corpse found inside a buried vehicle

  • Case Report

Ana Julia Pereira, Gustavo A. Breglia, Marcelo H. Uzal

Modeling of inflicted head injury by shaking trauma in children: what can we learn?

  • Review

Kim Hutchinson, Jan Peter van Zandwijk, Marloes E. M. Vester, Ajay Seth, Rob A. C. Bilo, Rick R. van Rijn, Arjo J. Loeve

Dental color measurement to estimate age in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Open Access

Jaime Martín-Martín, Ignacio Santos, María J. Gaitán-Arroyo, Juan Suarez, Leticia Rubio, Stella Martín-de-las-Heras

The application of vibrational spectroscopy in forensic analysis of biological evidence

  • Review

Zehua Fan, Ji Zhang, Chunling Ma, Bin Cong, Ping Huang

Microbial genomics: a potential toolkit for forensic investigations

  • Review

Pooja Tripathi, Riya Render, Sweta Nidhi, Vijay Tripathi

Self-mutilation: a systematic review

  • Review

Matheus Medeiros Nunes, Caio Rodrigues Maia, Paulo Roberto de Andrade Santos, Antônio de Lisboa Lopes Costa, Sérgio Adriane Bezerra de Moura, Pedro Paulo de Andrade Santos

Suicide by ligature strangulation and/or hanging inside a motor vehicle: a comprehensive review

  • Open Access
  • Review

Carlo Pietro Campobasso, Mariavictoria De Simone, Antonietta Porzio, Edoardo Mazzini, Anna Carfora, Alessandro Feola

Sudden cardiac death due to an obstructive large right atrial myxoma

  • Images in Forensics

Joshua Nelson, David Waters, Lorenzo Gitto

Partial amputation due to tongue bite in death-associated with eclampsia

  • Images in Forensics

Matías Arroyo-Navarrete, Lourdes Gómez-Jiménez, Gabriel M. Fonseca

Stability of new psychoactive substances in crude wastewater

  • Technical Report

Bethan Davies, Richard Paul, David Osselton, Timothy Woolley

Spectrophotometric evaluation of postmortem lividity: a proposal of a model for negroid ethnic race

  • Technical Report

Mariagrazia Calvano, Francesco Introna, Antonio De Donno

The death of Rasputin—A forensic evaluation

  • Open Access
  • Lessons from the Museum

Roger W. Byard

Contribution of methamphetamine and insulin to the death of a woman suffering from type I diabetes – which played the greater role?

  • Open Access
  • From the Courtroom

Klára Handlosová, Pavel Šištík, Matěj Uvíra, Kateřina Andelova, Petr Handlos, David Stejskal

Page kidney in a case of polyarteritis nodosa

  • Letter to the Editor

Tuba Demirci Yıldırım

Estimation of the postmortem interval from histological changes in the lingual tissue: Need for further exploration

  • Letter to the Editor

Pulagura Siva Sai Kumar, Vikas Meshram, Raghvendra Singh Shekhawat, Tanuj Kanchan

Neu im Fachgebiet Pathologie

Taking imaging into the fourth dimension

  • Hauptreferate: Hauptprogramm der DGP

Modern hematopathology is in a constant state of evolution. New methods continuously allow unprecedented insights and interpretations of immune system processes. Both immunological reactions and malignant tumors of the immune system appear in a …

Automation of a pathology laboratory – current developments

  • Open Access
  • Hauptreferate: Hauptprogramm der DGP

Automation in histopathology is by no means a new topic. Indeed, a device for automated dehydration and paraffin impregnation was awarded a patent as early as 1909 [ 1 ]. However, subsequent efforts were limited to a few additional steps, such as …

Synoptic reporting

  • Hauptreferate: Hauptprogramm der DGP – Kurzbeiträge

Data quality (DQ) in surgical pathology is critical for both patient care and research. Particularly in times of big data and artificial intelligence (AI), data quality assurance is becoming increasingly important. Accordingly, synoptic reporting …

Koloniales Unrecht aufarbeiten – Provenienzforschung zur historischen „Schädelsammlung“ der Universität Leipzig (Deutschland)

  • Pathologie
  • Hauptreferate: Arbeitsgemeinschaften der DGP

Eine seit Jahren zunehmende Zahl von Museen und wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen übernehmen Verantwortung für ihre Vergangenheit, indem sie Provenienzforschung in ihren Sammlungen initiieren und sich mit den dabei aufgedeckten Unrechtskontexten …