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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Ausgabe 3/2022

Inhalt (25 Artikel)

Fatal course of undetected Ewing-like sarcoma in a 9-year-old boy with uncharacteristic clinical presentation

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Walther Gotsmy, Bettina Neumayer, Theo Kraus, Barbara Zellinger, Daniel Neureiter, Fabio Monticelli, Harald Meyer, Peter Hofer

A missed psoas abscess diagnosis: A forensic case report

  • Case Report

Meriem Grayaa, Sami Ben Jomaa, Said Saadi, Seifeddine Ben Hammouda, Nouha Ben Abdeljelil, Dorra Oualha, Nidhal Haj Salem

Toxicological analysis of a "poison vial" found in the remains of an SS soldier (Maltot, Normandy, France)

  • Case Report

Philippe Charlier, Dominique Corde, Virginie Bourdin, Thierry Martin, Vincent Tessier, Mel Donnelly, Adeline Knapp, Jean-Claude Alvarez

A case of autopsy discovery of acute chest syndrome triggered by pulmonary embolism in a sickle cell patient

  • Case Report

Kouadio Marc-Eric Victor Ebouat, Zana Konate, Zié Moussa Coulibaly, Mathurin Djodjo, Koffi Botti, Hélène Yapo-Etté

Fuel tank injury in a fatal motorcycle accident

  • Images in Forensics

Lucia Tattoli, Marta Moretti, Giancarlo Di Vella

Unusual suicidal penetrating heart injury by captive-bolt gunshot

  • Images in Forensics

Slobodan Nikolić, Tatjana Atanasijević, Vladimir Živković

A cranio-encephalic trauma due to electric-scooter accident: could the wearing of a helmet reduce this risk?

  • Open Access
  • Images in Forensics

Giovanni Aulino, Matteo Polacco, Vincenzo Fattoruso, Francesca Cittadini

Patterned lividity – the ‘underwear sign’

  • Images in Forensics

Roger W Byard, John D. Gilbert

Patterned injuries from screwdrivers

  • Open Access
  • Images in Forensics

Roger W Byard

Fatal iatrogenic cardiac tamponade due to central venous catheterization

  • Images in Forensics

Murilo Sérgio Valente-Aguiar, Eduardo Roberson de Carvalho, Teresa Magalhães, Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira

Confusion between firearms and electrical weapons as a factor in police shootings

  • Original Article

Mark W. Kroll, Judy Melinek, Jeffrey A. Martin, Michael A. Brave, Howard E. Williams

Analysis of the risk of traumatic brain injury and evaluation neurogranin and myelin basic protein as potential biomarkers of traumatic brain injury in postmortem examination

  • Original Article

Yanjie Shang, Yuxin Wang, Yadong Guo, Lipin Ren, Xiangyan Zhang, Shujuan Wang, Changquan Zhang, Jifeng Cai

The potential for investigator-mediated contamination to occur during routine search activities

  • Original Article

Sasha Carson, Luke Volgin, Damien Abarno, Duncan Taylor

Increasing use of sodium nitrite in suicides—an emerging trend

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Lilli Stephenson, Stephen Wills, Corinna van den Heuvel, Melissa Humphries, Roger W. Byard

mRNA microarray analysis for the identification of potential biomarkers for vital reaction in burned skin: a preliminary pilot study

  • Original Article

Jia-Li Liu, Ye-Hua Zheng, Li-Jian Chen, Kai-Kai Zhang, Jia-Hao Li, Jian-Zheng Yang, Xiu-Wen Li, Dong Zhao, Xiao-Li Xie, Qi Wang

Cardiac disease and driver fatality

  • Original Article

Siobhan O’Donovan, Melissa Humphries, Corinna van den Heuvel, Matthew Baldock, Roger W Byard

Estimating heart mass from heart volume as measured from post-mortem computed tomography

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Hamish M. Aitken-Buck, Matthew Moore, Gillian A. Whalley, Larissa Lohner, Benjamin Ondruschka, Sean Coffey, Rexson D. Tse, Regis R. Lamberts

How does mass loss compare with total body score when assessing decomposition of human and pig cadavers?

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Blake M. Dawson, James F. Wallman, Philip S. Barton

Vaginal injuries after consensual sexual intercourse — a survey among office-based gynecologists in Hamburg, Germany

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

L. Lohner, L. Nigbur, C. Klasen, I. Witzel, J. Garland, B. Ondruschka, S. Anders

Gunshot trauma in human long bones: towards practical diagnostic guidance for forensic anthropologists

  • Review

Anika Veenstra, Wim Kerkhoff, Roelof-Jan Oostra, Ignasi Galtés

Publisher Correction: Gunshot trauma in human long bones: towards practical diagnostic guidance for forensic anthropologists

  • Publisher Correction

Anika Veenstra, Wim Kerkhoff, Roelof-Jan Oostra, Ignasi Galtés

An avenue to miscarriage: a case report

  • Open Access
  • From the Courtroom

S. Grey, J. Lartey, J. Millington, R. Vardon, J. Crane, J. Preuß-Wössner, C. Buschmann

Author Correction: Review of autopsy reports of deaths relating to fire in South Australia 2000–2015

  • Author Correction

Claire J. Sully, G. Stewart Walker, Neil E. I. Langlois

Neu im Fachgebiet Pathologie

Fabrizierte und/oder Induzierte Krankheit und medizinische Kindesmisshandlung

Fabrizierte und/oder Induzierte Krankheit (FII, ehemals Münchhausen-by-Proxy-Syndrom)/medizinische Kindesmisshandlung (MKM) ist eine Form der Kindesmisshandlung, bei der ein Kind oder Jugendliche*r unter 18 Jahren durch Handlungen einer …

Forensisch-medizinische körperliche Untersuchung von Mädchen und Jungen bei Verdacht auf Misshandlung und Missbrauch

1 Einleitung 2 Zielsetzung der Empfehlung 3 Grundsätze zum Umgang mit unterschiedlichen Settings/Auftraggebern und Zuweisern 3.1 Konsiliarische Mitbeurteilungen 3.2 Verletzungseinschätzungen für Jugendämter 3.3 Ermittlungsbehörden 3.4 Sonderfall …

Leibzeichen in Norddeutschland – ein (fast) vergessener Rechtsbrauch

In nordeuropäischen Kirchen werden – meistens im Rahmen von Baumaßnahmen – immer wieder menschliche Überreste entdeckt; diese befinden sich oft in mumifiziertem Zustand, und ihr Ursprung ist weitgehend unbekannt. Zu der Herkunft dieser Relikte – …

Präneoplasien des hepatozellulären Karzinoms

Das hepatozelluläre Karzinom (HCC) entsteht meist auf dem Boden einer Leberzirrhose. Häufige Risikofaktoren sind virale Hepatitiden B/C, Alkoholabusus, „metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease“ (MASLD) und genetische Erkrankungen.