Death Due to Obstruction of Airways by a Hyperplastic Polyp: An Unusual Complication of Treated Desmoid Fibromatosis [0.03%]
气道被增生多发性息肉阻塞致死：既往治疗过的一种纤维瘤的罕见并发症
Natasha Richards,Jayantha Herath
Natasha Richards
Desmoid fibromatosis (DF) is a rare, locally aggressive but benign clonal fibroblastic lesion of deep soft tissue. It can occur at any age. Extra-abdominal lesions are more common in the pediatric population, with equal sex predilection. De...
Alleged Homicidal Choking in a Woman Recovering From Guillain-Barré Syndrome [0.03%]
吉兰-巴雷综合征康复女性窒息致死案
I D G Kitulwatte,P A S Edirisinghe
I D G Kitulwatte
Few reported cases of homicidal choking in medical literature involve aged, infants, and debilitated. Whenever an allegation is made, the forensic expert is expected to provide a balanced opinion based on scientific evidence. We report a su...
Kyle S Conway,Carl J Schmidt,Theodore T Brown
Kyle S Conway
While fire-related deaths are regularly encountered by medical examiners, fire-related homicides are relatively uncommon. Although some large retrospective studies of fire-related deaths have been performed, few large studies have specifica...
Validation of OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test in Postmortem Specimens [0.03%]
OraQuick HCV 快速抗体检测方法验证及相关尸检样本研究
Claire E Rose,Lisa Duncan,Amy M Hawes
Claire E Rose
Introduction: The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of OraQuick HCV Rapid Antibody Test against a "gold-standard", FDA-approved, laboratory-based serum immunoassay (SI) in postmortem blood. To date, O...
Tracy S Halvorson,Alexandra L Isaacson,Bradley A Ford et al.
Tracy S Halvorson et al.
Mucormycosis is a rare and severe invasive fungal infection caused by ubiquitous fungi of the order Mucorales. Infection often occurs in immunocompromised hosts and includes cutaneous, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, rhinocerebral, and dissemi...
Dr Christopher Milroy
Dr Christopher Milroy
Pheochromocytoma Multisystem Crisis and Masquerading Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Patient With Bilateral Adrenal Tumors [0.03%]
神经纤维瘤病I型伴双侧肾上腺肿瘤的嗜铬细胞瘤多系统危象和类脂质沉积症表现
Brannon G Broadfoot,Asangi R Kumarapeli
Brannon G Broadfoot
Pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-secreting neuroendocrine tumors that can occasionally progress to life-threatening disease, including a multisystem crisis. Patients with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) may develop pheochromocytomas,...
Crime Scene Analysis Through DNA Testing of Canine Feces-A Case Report [0.03%]
犬粪便DNA检测在犯罪现场分析中的应用-一个案例报告
Vishal Somnay,Thomas Duong,Ray-Young Tsao et al.
Vishal Somnay et al.
Forensic DNA testing can play a critical role in homicide investigations. Selecting the appropriate evidence on which to perform DNA testing requires foresight and reasoning based on experience and science. Although successful DNA testing c...
Deaths Associated With Community Donation Bins: A Ten-Year Retrospective Review Describing Five Cases in British Columbia and Ontario [0.03%]
与社区捐赠箱相关的死亡事件：对不列颠哥伦比亚省和安大略省五个案例的十年回顾性分析
Tyler Bruce Malcolm Hickey,Jennifer Dmetrichuk,Jason Morin et al.
Tyler Bruce Malcolm Hickey et al.
Introduction: Community donation bins have become more common in the urban setting over the past several years. Many nonprofit organizations use these sturdy metal enclosures for unobserved collection of various donated i...
Katherine D Watson
Katherine D Watson
The easy availability of deadly poisons in 19th-century Britain, Western Europe, and the United States led to widespread public anxiety about the prevalence of murder by poison, resulting in what might be termed a "poison panic." The fear w...