Forensic Pathology Reviews

by Tsokos, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781588296016
• ISBN10: 1588296016
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

Leading forensic pathologists from around the world synthesize the practical advances in a variety of important subspecialties of forensic pathology and demonstrate how the latest medical and scientific progress is being applied to solve current problems of high interest to forensic pathologists today. The authors offer cutting-edge insights into death from environmental conditions (lightning and elder abuse), homicide by sharp force, death from natural causes (asthma, Marfan syndrome, and peliosis of the liver and spleen), and pathology of human endothelium in septic organ failure. Additional chapters address special aspects of crime scene interpretation and behavioral analysis, neogenesis of ethanol and fusel oils in putrefying blood, agrochemical poisoning, imaging techniques in forensic pathology, and fixation techniques for organs and parenchymal structures. A comprehensive, up-to-date review of the international literature is given for each chapter.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction	vii
Preface	ix
Contributors	xiv
DEATH FROM ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
1 Pathological Features of Death From Lightning Strike
Stephan Seidl	3	(22)
2 Elder Abuse: Challenges for Clinical Forensic Specialists and Forensic Pathologists in the 21st Century
Donna M. Hunsaker and John C. Hunsaker III	25	(40)
HOMICIDE
3 Homicides by Sharp Force
Michael Bohnert, Hartmut Hüttemann, and Ulrike Schmidt	65	(28)
DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES
4 Sudden and Unexpected Death in Marfan Syndrome
Roger W. Byard	93	(14)
5 Asthma Deaths: Phenomenology, Pathology, and Medicolegal Aspects
Michael Tsokos	107	(36)
6 Peliosis of the Liver and Spleen: Pathological Features and Forensic Pathological Relevance of Two Rare Diseases With Potentially Fatal Outcome
Michael Tsokos and Andreas Erbersdobler	143	(18)
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
7 Pathology of Human Endothelium in Septic Organ Failure
Annette M. Müller and Michael Tsokos	161	(32)
DEATH SCENE INVESTIGATION
8 Special Aspects of Crime Scene Interpretation and Behavioral Analysis: The Phenomenon of "Undoing"
Judith Schröer and Klaus Püschel	193	(12)
TOXICOLOGY
9 Neogenesis of Ethanol and Fusel Oils in Putrefying Blood
Wolfgang Huckenbeck	205	(56)
10 Agrochemical Poisoning
Anil Aggrawal	261	(70)
APOPTOSIS
11 Apoptosis in Tissue Injury
Barbara M. Aufiero, George C. Tsokos, Maria Tsokos, and Henry K. Wong	331	(24)
IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
12 Recent Advances in Postmortem Forensic Radiology: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications
Benjamin Swift and Guy N. Rutty	355	(50)
13 Postmortem Ultrasound Imaging in Forensic Pathology
Seisaku Uchigasaki	405	(10)
VETERINARY FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
14 Veterinary Forensic Pathology: The Assessment of Injuries to Dolphins at Postmortem
Roger W. Byard, Catherine M. Kemper, Mike Bossley, Deborah Kelly, and Mark Hill	415	(22)
FIXATION TECHNIQUES FOR ORGANS AND PARENCHYMAL STRUCTURES
15 Methods of Lung Fixation
Roland Hausmann	437	(16)
Index	453