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.
CONTENTS: Death From Environmental Conditions
Pathological Features of Death From Lightning Strike
Stephan Seidl
Elder Abuse: Challenges for Clinical Forensic Specialists and Forensic Pathologists in the 21st Century
Donna M. Hunsaker and John C. Hunsaker III
Homicide
Homicides by Sharp Force
Michael Bohnert, Hartmut Hüttemann, and Ulrike Schmidt
Death From Natural Causes
Sudden and Unexpected Death in Marfan Syndrome
Roger W. Byard
Asthma Deaths: Phenomenology, Pathology, and Medicolegal Aspects
Michael Tsokos
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
Infectious Diseases. Pathology of Human Endothelium in Septic Organ Failure
Annette M. Müller and Michael Tsokos
Death Scene Investigation
Special Aspects of Crime Scene Interpretation and Behavioral Analysis: The Phenomenon of 'Undoing'
Judith Schröer and Klaus Püschel
Toxicology
Neogenesis of Ethanol and Fusel Oils in Putrefying Blood
Wolfgang Huckenbeck
Agrochemical Poisoning
Anil Aggrawal
Apoptosis
Apoptosis in Tissue Injury,
Barbara M. Aufiero, George C. Tsokos, Maria Tsokos, and Henry K. Wong
Imaging Techniques in Forensic Pathology
Recent Advances in Postmortem Forensic Radiology: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications
Benjamin Swift and Guy N. Rutty
Postmortem Ultrasound Imaging in Forensic Pathology
Seisaku Uchigasaki
Veterinary Forensic Pathology
Veterinary Forensic Pathology: The Assessment of Injuries to Dolphins at Postmortem
Roger W. Byard, Catherine M. Kemper, Mike Bossley, Deborah Kelly, and Mark Hill
Fixation Techniques for Organs and Parenchymal Structures
Methods of Lung Fixation
Roland Hausmann
Index
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