nach oben

Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Erschienen in:

01.03.2013 | Lessons from the Museum

Occult hemispherectomy: an unusual finding at autopsy

verfasst von: René Gapert, Navena Widulin, Michael Tsokos

Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Ausgabe 1/2013

Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten

Excerpt

The body of a 45-year-old female was found floating on the surface of the Großer Wannsee (Greater Wannsee, a body of water situated at the Havel River in the Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf) in 1980. The deceased was fully clothed and had been missing for 17 days. She was identified by her brother who had reported her missing as he feared she could have killed herself. The reason he assumed his sister had committed suicide was her break-up from her long-term partner (only a couple of days before she went missing), combined with her history of depression. …

Dandy WE. Removal of right cerebral hemisphere for certain tumors with hemiplegia. J Am Med Assoc. 1928;90:823–5.CrossRef

De Almeida AN, Marino R. The early years of hemispherectomy. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2005;41:137–40.PubMedCrossRef

McClelland S, Maxwell RE. Hemispherectomy for intractable epilepsy in adults: the first reported series. Ann Neurol. 2007;61:372–6.PubMedCrossRef

De Almeida AN, Marino R, Aguiar PH, Teixeira MJ. Hemispherectomy: a schematic review of the current techniques. Neurosurg Rev. 2006;29:97–102.PubMedCrossRef

Fountas KN, Smith JR, Robinson JS, Tamburrini G, Pietrini D, Di Rocco C. Anatomical hemispherectomy. Childs Nerv Syst. 2006;22:982–91.PubMedCrossRef

Cukiert A, Cukiert CM, Argentoni M, Baise-Zung C, Forster CA, Mello VA, Burattini JA, Mariani PP. Outcome after hemispherectomy in hemiplegic adult patients with refractory epilepsy associated with early middle cerebral artery infarcts. Epilepsia. 2009;50:1381–4.PubMedCrossRef

Bahuleyan B, Robinson S, Nair AR, Sivanandarpanicker JL, Cohen AR. Anatomic hemispherectomy: historical perspective. World Neurosurg. 2012; doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2012.03.020.

De Ribaupierre S, Delalande O. Hemispherotomy and other disconnective techniques. Neurosurg Focus. 2008;25:E14.PubMedCrossRef

Limbrick DD, Narayan P, Powers AK, Ojemann JG, Park TS, Bertrand M, Smyth MD. Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence. J Neurosurg Pediatrics. 2009;4:323–32.CrossRef

10.

Leestma JE. Forensic neuropathology. New York: Raven Press; 1988.

Titel: Occult hemispherectomy: an unusual finding at autopsy
verfasst von: René Gapert
Navena Widulin
Michael Tsokos
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2013
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Ausgabe 1/2013
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-012-9355-9

Springer Medizin

Occult hemispherectomy: an unusual finding at autopsy

Excerpt

Neu im Fachgebiet Pathologie

Molekularpathologische Untersuchungen im Wandel der Zeit

Vergleichende Pathologie in der onkologischen Forschung

Gastrointestinale Stromatumoren

Personalisierte Medizin in der Onkologie

Springer Medizin

Excerpt

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu diesem Inhalt zu erhalten

Weitere Artikel der Ausgabe 1/2013

Wischnewski spots and hypothermia: sensitive, specific, or serendipitous?

The symmetry of self mutilation and the chess board pattern

Emergency medicine techniques and the forensic autopsy

Changing infant death rates: diagnostic shift, success story, or both?

Evaluation of the accuracy of different molar teeth measurements in assessing sex

Symmetry: the key to diagnosing propeller strike injuries in sea mammals

Neu im Fachgebiet Pathologie

Molekularpathologische Untersuchungen im Wandel der Zeit

Vergleichende Pathologie in der onkologischen Forschung

Gastrointestinale Stromatumoren

Personalisierte Medizin in der Onkologie