Anthropological analysis of the Second World War skeletal remains from three karst sinkholes located in southern Croatia.

Although in the cases of war crimes the main effort goes to the identification of victims, it is crucial to consider the execution event as a whole. Thus, the goal of the research was to determine the trauma type and probable cause of death on skeletal remains of civilians executed by partisans from WWS found in the three karst sinkholes and to explain the context in which the injuries occurred. We determined biological profiles, pathological conditions, traumas, and assessed their lethality.

Croatia is a safe tourist destination - study of foreign citizen mortality in Splitsko-dalmatinska and Primorsko-goranska County during the period 2001-2010.

Aim: To investigate the mortality rate of foreign citizens in Croatia.

Methods: Data were collected from the Departments for Forensic Pathology in Split and Rijeka, which are the autopsy centers of the counties with approximately 35% of total foreign visitors, as well as from the Croatian Central Bureau for Statistics for the period 2001-2010. The mortality rate (number of deaths of members of each nationality per 100000 entrances ratio) and standardized mortality ratio (ratio between the observed and expected number of deaths) were calculated, and χ(2) goodness of fit test was used for statistical analyses.

[The proportion of non-invasive (Tis) and minimal invasive cancers (T1a,b) among breast cancer in Split region].

As a result of the use of screening mammography and the introduction of programs for early detection of breast cancers, many breast biopsies are now performed for small, non-palpable, mammographically detected abnormalities. In contrast to breast biopsies in the premammographic era, breast biopsies for mammographic abnormalities contain a greater number of minimal invasive breast cancers (T1a,b), non-invasive-in situ cancers (Tis), and histological types of breast cancers with excellent prognosis. The aim of this study was to estimate the basic histopathologic features of breast cancers in Split region, with emphasis on in situ and minimal invasive cancers.

Frequency of portal and systemic bacteremia in acute appendicitis.

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common condition requiring an emergency abdominal operation in childhood. In the present study, we analyzed the frequency of portal and systemic bacteremia in 42 patients with acute appendicitis and determined the microbial agents responsible for an acute appendicitis and for portal and systemic bacteremia.

Methods: Appendectomies were performed on 50 young patients (5-18 years of age), as well as clinical and bacteriological tests.

A case of syphilitic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.

Diagnosis of late pulmonary syphilis was made in a 72-year old woman on the basis of her medical history of untreated genital syphilis, serological and radiological findings, and the response to therapy. The diagnosis was confirmed two years later by autopsy findings. There was a good correlation between chest x-ray radiography, computed tomography scans, and autopsy findings.