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A novel, comprehensive, and reproducible porcine model for determining the timing of bruises in forensic pathology
Conclusions The model was reproducible and resembled forensic cases of bruises in pigs and humans. Therefore, the histological parameters are suitable for age determination of bruises in pigs and likely also in humans.
Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology - January 28, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Corrigendum to Fatal heat stroke in a child entrapped in a confined space J Forens Legal Med 34 (August 2015) 139–144
Publication date: Available online 31 December 2015 Source:Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine Author(s): Veronique Alunni, Dominique Crenesse, Marie-Dominique Piercecchi-Marti, Yvan Gaillard, Gérald Quatrehomme
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - January 11, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Examination of the Sequence between Laser Printing and Rollerball Pen Writing Without an Intersecting Stroke.
Abstract Examining the sequences of printing and writing is a significant method of determining the authenticity and validity of documents. Forensic document examiners have extensively studied crossing lines, which has produced useful information. However, the sequence for laser printing and rollerball pen writing without crossing strokes has not been studied. To solve this problem, volunteers were invited to write characters on A4 paper with different rollerball pens using two sequences. Four laser printers applied print to these sheets, and the materials were examined using an Optem A-Zoom2 video tomography micr...
Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences - August 24, 2015 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Wang S, Lu C, Wang G Tags: J Forensic Sci Source Type: research

Axonal Injury in Stroke: A Forensic Neuropathology Perspective
This study investigated staining patterns in 96 cases of stroke with no history of head injury and found complex staining patterns, some of which were indistinguishable from those said to be specific for trauma. A questioning approach to the assessment of β-APP immunostaining patterns in cases of head injury is proposed to ensure that the possibility of some or much of the staining being due to ischemia has been excluded, before concluding that the axonal injury identified is traumatic in causation.
Source: The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology - August 15, 2015 Category: Forensic Medicine Tags: CME Articles Source Type: research

Fatal heat stroke in a child entrapped in a confined space
We report the case of a child succumbing to heatstroke caused by confinement in an icebox. The post mortem examination found cyanosis and hematomas indicating that the child had tried to get out of the container. The temperature of the body was higher than it should have been considering the rigor and delay before post mortem examination. The autopsy showed no significant injury and toxicological tests were negative. A physiological study etablished that death resulted from heatstroke, not a lack of oxygen or CO2 poisoning. We conclude that heat stroke should be considered as a possible mechanism of death even in the absen...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - June 24, 2015 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Contribution of Antemortem Computed Tomography Findings to Cause of Death Determination: An Unusual Fatal Stroke.
Abstract In the case reported here, the antemortem computed tomography scan (CT scan) was essential in the forensic investigation. A 32-year-old man was found fully awake with a facial abrasion, after what seemed to be a car accident. He lost consciousness suddenly one hour after initial management. Successive CT scan showed a facial fracture and a metallic foreign body in the carotid canal associated with an occlusion/dissection of the left internal carotid, a pseudoaneurysm, and a carotid-cavernous fistula. The victim died from a stroke. Autopsy confirmed that the facial abrasion was a gunshot entrance wound, th...
Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences - March 17, 2015 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Rérolle C, Pucheux J, Lefrancq T, Barrault C, Saint-Martin P Tags: J Forensic Sci Source Type: research

Newspaper reports from the Coroners Court in Ireland are used to reveal the potential complexity and need for reform in forensic toxicology and medicine services
Publication date: May 2015 Source:Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Volume 32 Author(s): William P. Tormey Newspapers devote regular space to inquests in the public interest. Accuracy in determining the causes of death is important for public health. Expert opinion features prominently in press reports and is an important channel of public education. How expert are the experts and how complex are apparently simple cases? Toxicology cases involving cannabis and stroke, ‘junk food’ diet, unexplained sudden death, potential drug interactions, allergy during caesarean section, and ecstacy-type drugs are used to ill...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - March 16, 2015 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Newspaper reports from the Coroners Court in Ireland are used to reveal the potential complexity and need for reform in forensic toxicology and medicine services
Publication date: Available online 4 March 2015 Source:Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine Author(s): William P. Tormey Newspapers devote regular space to inquests in the public interest. Accuracy in determining the causes of death is important for public health. Expert opinion features prominently in press reports and is an important channel of public education. How expert are the experts and how complex are apparently simple cases? Toxicology cases involving cannabis and stroke, ‘junk food’diet, unexplained sudden death, potential drug interactions, allergy during caesarean section, and ecstacy-type drugs are us...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - March 6, 2015 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis due to spontaneous, progressive, and retrograde jugular vein thrombosis causing sudden death in a young woman
Abstract Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare cerebrovascular condition that affects approximately 5 per 1 million people annually, and develops in 0.5 % of all stroke patients. Herein we report a case involving a 31-year-old woman with CVST. She initially presented with a 2-month history of intermittent headaches at the nape of her neck with cervical pain. Other than these symptoms, she was in apparently good health and was a nonsmoker. She had no children and did not take contraceptives. She became comatose with unequal pupil size and CVST was diagnosed. An autopsy revealed CVST that extended from ...
Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology - December 21, 2014 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Dynamic Characteristics of Signatures: Effects of Writer Style on Genuine and Simulated Signatures.
Abstract The aims of this study were to determine if computer-measured dynamic features (duration, size, velocity, jerk, and pen pressure) differ between genuine and simulated signatures. Sixty subjects (3 equal groups of 3 signature styles) each provided 10 naturally written (genuine) signatures. Each of these subjects then provided 15 simulations of each of three model signatures. The genuine (N = 600) and simulated (N = 2700) signatures were collected using a digitizing tablet. MovAlyzeR(®) software was used to estimate kinematic parameters for each pen stroke. Stroke duration, velocity, and pen pressure w...
Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences - November 24, 2014 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Mohammed L, Found B, Caligiuri M, Rogers D Tags: J Forensic Sci Source Type: research

Evaluating infant core temperature response in a hot car using a heat balance model
Conclusions Infants left in vehicles during the workday can reach hazardous thermal thresholds quickly even with mild environmental temperatures. These results provide a seasonal analogue of infant heat stroke time course. Further effort is required to create a universally available forensic tool to predict vehicular hyperthermia time course to demise.
Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology - October 21, 2014 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Cervical Arterial Injury After Strangulation-Different Types of Arterial Lesions.
We report three unusual cases where strangulation induced immediate stroke. CAI were examined using brain CT scan and Doppler ultrasonography in the three cases and then by autopsy in one of the victims. One of the two victims who survived the attempted strangulation had a unilateral carotid dissection, whereas in the other victim, no arterial dissection or thrombosis was observed. As regards the deceased victim, the autopsy confirmed the bilateral dissection showed on CT scan and Doppler ultrasonic examination and revealed that both carotid arteries were dilated up to two times the normal diameter. Microscopic examination...
Source: Journal of Forensic Sciences - July 18, 2013 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Le Blanc-Louvry I, Papin F, Vaz E, Proust B Tags: J Forensic Sci Source Type: research

Mitral annulus calcification and sudden death
Abstract: Mitral valve annulus calcification is a degenerative cardiac condition often found at autopsy in the elderly. While usually considered incidental to the cause of death, we report two cases where mitral valve annulus calcification with valve stenosis was associated with sudden death. Case 1: a 61-year-old female who had underlying atherosclerosis and hypertension collapsed at home. At autopsy there was marked mitral valve annulus calcification with valve stenosis and cardiomegaly. Case 2: a previously well 74-year-old female collapsed in a toilet. At autopsy there was marked calcification of the mitral valve annul...
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine - April 29, 2013 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Esther Quick, Roger W. Byard Tags: Case Reviews Source Type: research

Application of Video Spectral Comparator (absorption spectra) for establishing the chronological order of intersecting printed strokes and writing pen strokes
Abstract: The sequence of intersecting strokes of laser printers (black, blue, red and green) and typewriter ink (black) with the strokes of gel pen ink, ballpoint pen ink and fountain pen ink (black, blue, red and green) has been determined by studying their absorption spectra. The absorption spectra have been generated for each of the two pure inks (i.e. A and B) and points of their intersections (i.e. A over B and B over A) by using Video Spectral Comparator (VSC-2000-HR). The study was carried out with an assumption that the peak characteristics of spectra from the point of intersection should correspond to the peak ch...
Source: Science and Justice - October 24, 2012 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Ridamjeet Kaur, Komal Saini, N.C. Sood Tags: Technical notes Source Type: research

Sequencing the intersections of printed strokes with writing instrument strokes using DocuCentre expert (PIA 6000-EDF)
In this study, the examination of sequence of intersecting strokes of printers (inkjet printer, laser printer, dot-matrix printer) and typewriters with writing instruments (gel ink pen, ballpoint pen and fountain pen) of different colors was carried out by using Docucenter Expert via PIA-6000 software utilizing extended depth of focus. The continuity of the stroke is the only characteristic which has been observed at the point of intersection.
Source: Science and Justice - September 20, 2012 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Ridamjeet Kaur, Komal Saini, N.C. Sood Tags: Technical notes Source Type: research

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