Report on two deaths from a natural internal cause in children beyond the first year of life. The children (a two-year and a three-year old boy), who seemed completely healthy, sudden suffered from acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract with dyspnea, inspiratory stridor, fever, dysphagia, and flow of saliva. The disease took a fulminant course and the children died within a few hours showing symptoms of intense dyspnea and cyanosis. The above symptoms and progress were typical of acute epiglottitis. Autopsy revealed an intense inflammation and tumescence of the epiglottis in both cases. The diagnosis of epiglottitis was confirmed histologically and bacteriologically (Haemophilus influenzae).
{"title":"[Unexpected fatalities in childhood caused by acute epiglottitis].","authors":"H Nadjem, M Lohner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Report on two deaths from a natural internal cause in children beyond the first year of life. The children (a two-year and a three-year old boy), who seemed completely healthy, sudden suffered from acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract with dyspnea, inspiratory stridor, fever, dysphagia, and flow of saliva. The disease took a fulminant course and the children died within a few hours showing symptoms of intense dyspnea and cyanosis. The above symptoms and progress were typical of acute epiglottitis. Autopsy revealed an intense inflammation and tumescence of the epiglottis in both cases. The diagnosis of epiglottitis was confirmed histologically and bacteriologically (Haemophilus influenzae).</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"205-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12658233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
It is reported about a possible misdiagnosis after whiplash injuries. Calcifications of the nuchal ligament have been interpreted as fractures. The inappropriate radiological diagnosis has been corrected within the criminal procedure. Prolonged complaints as possible consequences of information about the false positive radiological diagnosis to the patient are discussed.
{"title":"[False positive radiographic findings in expert assessment of whiplash trauma of the cervical spine].","authors":"D Risser, G Bauer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is reported about a possible misdiagnosis after whiplash injuries. Calcifications of the nuchal ligament have been interpreted as fractures. The inappropriate radiological diagnosis has been corrected within the criminal procedure. Prolonged complaints as possible consequences of information about the false positive radiological diagnosis to the patient are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"297-300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12658712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
"Weapons at hand" are tools of everyday life, which can be used as instruments for fighting. The investigation offers a survey concerning instruments, which were actually used for conflicting bodily injuries (cases selected from 1029 expertises) or for killing (cases selected from 474 autopsies). The findings are complemented by non-medical publications about self-defence. In the Austrian legal system the use of "weapons at hand" is interpreted like weapons in the technical sense.
{"title":"[Medical and technical aspects of weapon effects on man. Part 5--Common weapons].","authors":"J Missliwetz, W Denk, A Ellinger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"Weapons at hand\" are tools of everyday life, which can be used as instruments for fighting. The investigation offers a survey concerning instruments, which were actually used for conflicting bodily injuries (cases selected from 1029 expertises) or for killing (cases selected from 474 autopsies). The findings are complemented by non-medical publications about self-defence. In the Austrian legal system the use of \"weapons at hand\" is interpreted like weapons in the technical sense.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"307-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12658714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
At the Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Innsbruck, 78 cases of fatal accidents and of sudden death were examined which occurred during alpine skiing between 1987 und 1990. An increase of fatal accidents during skiing was observed in the past few years. This fact is related to the rising utilization of summer skiing areas. In about three quarters of the cases death as consequence of an accident was observed. One quarter died a sudden death. In this group myocardial infarction is dominant, which is an indication of an enhanced load of the cardiovascular system during skiing in higher altitudes. In the group with fatal accidents cranio-cerebral traumas including medulla injuries are dominant.
{"title":"[Epidemiology of fatalities in Alpine skiing--(1987-1990)].","authors":"E Ambach, W Tributsch, R Henn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>At the Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Innsbruck, 78 cases of fatal accidents and of sudden death were examined which occurred during alpine skiing between 1987 und 1990. An increase of fatal accidents during skiing was observed in the past few years. This fact is related to the rising utilization of summer skiing areas. In about three quarters of the cases death as consequence of an accident was observed. One quarter died a sudden death. In this group myocardial infarction is dominant, which is an indication of an enhanced load of the cardiovascular system during skiing in higher altitudes. In the group with fatal accidents cranio-cerebral traumas including medulla injuries are dominant.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"333-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12658718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A 57-year-old woman, who was unconscious due to apoplectic cerebral haemorrhage, was injured on the right thigh by dog bites while still alive. In addition to a soft-tissue defect of 10 x 9 x 3 cm (gnawing effect) there were numerous small single lesions in the form of slit-shaped skin cuts. The area around the wounds was discoloured by haematomata. The bite wounds were caused by the mongrel dogs living in the same household (2 parent animals and 6 puppies). The pattern of the injuries corresponded well to the anatomy of a dog's set of teeth.
一名57岁的妇女,由于中风脑溢血而失去知觉,在活着的时候被狗咬伤了右大腿。除了10 x 9 x 3 cm的软组织缺损(啃咬效应)外,还有许多小的单一病变,以切口形状的皮肤切口的形式出现。伤口周围因血肿而变色。咬伤是由生活在同一家庭的杂种狗(2只母犬和6只幼犬)造成的。伤口的形状与狗的牙齿结构非常吻合。
{"title":"[Agonal dog bite injuries].","authors":"S Pollak, H Nadjem, M Faller-Marquardt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 57-year-old woman, who was unconscious due to apoplectic cerebral haemorrhage, was injured on the right thigh by dog bites while still alive. In addition to a soft-tissue defect of 10 x 9 x 3 cm (gnawing effect) there were numerous small single lesions in the form of slit-shaped skin cuts. The area around the wounds was discoloured by haematomata. The bite wounds were caused by the mongrel dogs living in the same household (2 parent animals and 6 puppies). The pattern of the injuries corresponded well to the anatomy of a dog's set of teeth.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"351-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12660013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
For many years, the resolution of disputed paternity cases by genetic means relied on laboratory blood tests of red cell antigens and red cell and serum protein electrophoresis. These systems are generally characterized as lacking polymorphism and having low powers of exclusion, therefore it was necessary to use a panel of up to 23 marker systems. Over the past five years, a variety of DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) systems have been developed that characterize individuals at the DNA level. In this paper we describe the implementation of a Hae III RFLP system utilized in our laboratory for the resolution of disputed parentage cases as well as forensic casework. Since the analysis of highly polymorphic VNTR loci has proven to be the most powerful method to date for the determination of biological relatedness the utilization of the conventional methodologies should be completely replaced.
多年来,通过遗传手段解决有争议的亲子关系案件依赖于红细胞抗原和红细胞和血清蛋白电泳的实验室血液检测。这些系统通常具有缺乏多态性和低排除能力的特点,因此有必要使用多达23个标记系统的面板。在过去的五年中,各种DNA限制性片段长度多态性(RFLP)系统被开发出来,在DNA水平上表征个体。在本文中,我们描述了在我们的实验室中用于解决有争议的亲子案件以及法医案件工作的Hae III RFLP系统的实施。由于高度多态性VNTR位点的分析已被证明是迄今为止确定生物亲缘关系的最有效方法,因此应完全取代传统方法的使用。
{"title":"[Conversion of forensic paternity determination to DNA analysis].","authors":"M Hochmeister, U V Borer, R Dirnhofer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For many years, the resolution of disputed paternity cases by genetic means relied on laboratory blood tests of red cell antigens and red cell and serum protein electrophoresis. These systems are generally characterized as lacking polymorphism and having low powers of exclusion, therefore it was necessary to use a panel of up to 23 marker systems. Over the past five years, a variety of DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) systems have been developed that characterize individuals at the DNA level. In this paper we describe the implementation of a Hae III RFLP system utilized in our laboratory for the resolution of disputed parentage cases as well as forensic casework. Since the analysis of highly polymorphic VNTR loci has proven to be the most powerful method to date for the determination of biological relatedness the utilization of the conventional methodologies should be completely replaced.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"89-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12534829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In 1991 the brains of 15 persons with an age of at least 60 years and without neurologic or psychiatric disorders were investigated prospectively. Different brain-areas (topographically exactly defined) were investigated for so-called brain-aging. Only the frequency of corpora amylacea and primitive senile plaques showed a tendency to increase in the elderly. A defined correlation to the calendaric age could not be stated.
{"title":"[Aging processes in the brain].","authors":"S Kubo, G Dankwarth, K Püschel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 1991 the brains of 15 persons with an age of at least 60 years and without neurologic or psychiatric disorders were investigated prospectively. Different brain-areas (topographically exactly defined) were investigated for so-called brain-aging. Only the frequency of corpora amylacea and primitive senile plaques showed a tendency to increase in the elderly. A defined correlation to the calendaric age could not be stated.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"157-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12510227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A questionnaire was sent to 138 institutes of Forensic Medicine in 18 countries of Western Europe to obtain information concerning bodypackers, who had died between 1980 and 1990. The total number of dead was 17 (4 own cases). 8 cases were reported from the Federal Republic of Germany, 4 from Italy, 2 from Great Britain and 1 from Austria, Spain and Norway each. In 15 cases some circumstances were told. Most of the bodypackers had transported heroin (10), in 2 cases cocaine and amphetamine were found and in 1 case marihuana inside of stomach and bowel. The related risk seems to be low in comparison to police authorities presuming that about 80% of drug-couriers move the stuff inside their body to and fro.
{"title":"[Body packing as a fatal risk--results of a questionnaire survey in Western Europe].","authors":"F U Lutz, J Reuhl","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A questionnaire was sent to 138 institutes of Forensic Medicine in 18 countries of Western Europe to obtain information concerning bodypackers, who had died between 1980 and 1990. The total number of dead was 17 (4 own cases). 8 cases were reported from the Federal Republic of Germany, 4 from Italy, 2 from Great Britain and 1 from Austria, Spain and Norway each. In 15 cases some circumstances were told. Most of the bodypackers had transported heroin (10), in 2 cases cocaine and amphetamine were found and in 1 case marihuana inside of stomach and bowel. The related risk seems to be low in comparison to police authorities presuming that about 80% of drug-couriers move the stuff inside their body to and fro.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"211-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12658118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The diameter of the pupils was measured in the bodies of rabbits under different ambient temperatures (2-4 degrees C, 10-12 degrees C, 18-20 degrees C, 28-30 degrees C). It was found that the pupils changed in three phases: Initial miosis, which set in within minutes after death, was followed by a mydriatic phase, which lasted several hours and was approximately synchronous with the post-mortem rigidity of the skeletal muscles. In the third phase the pupils slowly contracted in the course of several days. The higher the ambient temperature, the more marked was the dilatation of the pupils in the second phase. In contrast to this the reaction of the pupils was characterized by less pronounced changes in size and a longer duration of secondary mydriasis, when temperatures were low.
{"title":"[Effect of environmental temperature on the course of spontaneous postmortem pupillary changes (studies of the rabbit eye)].","authors":"M Faller-Marquardt, S Pollak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The diameter of the pupils was measured in the bodies of rabbits under different ambient temperatures (2-4 degrees C, 10-12 degrees C, 18-20 degrees C, 28-30 degrees C). It was found that the pupils changed in three phases: Initial miosis, which set in within minutes after death, was followed by a mydriatic phase, which lasted several hours and was approximately synchronous with the post-mortem rigidity of the skeletal muscles. In the third phase the pupils slowly contracted in the course of several days. The higher the ambient temperature, the more marked was the dilatation of the pupils in the second phase. In contrast to this the reaction of the pupils was characterized by less pronounced changes in size and a longer duration of secondary mydriasis, when temperatures were low.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"325-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12658717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pieces of animal and human lungs were placed in seawater. The fluids pressed of it produced in X-ray fluorescence analysis bromine concentrations, which exceeded the physiological level. These experiments created the supposition to interpret correctly relevant findings in the victims of flight accidents.
{"title":"[Detection of bromine uptake in cadavers from seawater].","authors":"G Powitz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pieces of animal and human lungs were placed in seawater. The fluids pressed of it produced in X-ray fluorescence analysis bromine concentrations, which exceeded the physiological level. These experiments created the supposition to interpret correctly relevant findings in the victims of flight accidents.</p>","PeriodicalId":75580,"journal":{"name":"Beitrage zur gerichtlichen Medizin","volume":"50 ","pages":"117-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12658965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}