An extreme case of necrophilia.

This report presents the case of a young man legally convicted twice on a charge of defiling the dead. All necrophilic acts were committed over a period of around 15 years. The examination results revealed a purely female-fixated necrophilia.

[Poisoning by perazine--organ distribution and interpretation].

A fatal intoxication of a 22-year-old woman after intake of the phenothiazine perazine is described. In all of investigated organs e.g.

[Infection of deep soft tissues of the neck in intravenous drug abuse].

Background: Despite the availability of antibiotics deep neck space infections with anaerobic germs (Ludwig's angina) still carry the potential for significant morbidity and mortality with delayed treatment. Usually, odontogenic infections with involvement of the submandibular space are the source of deep neck space infections in adults, whereas in the pediatric population the most common cause is acute tonsillitis with involvement of the peritonsillar space. During the second half of this century intravenous drug abusers appeared as a new group of patients at risk for deep neck space infections.

[Does a bone gunshot wound leave pure lead bullet metal residues?].

The objective of the study was to give a survey on the possibilities and limits of reconstruction in cases of gunshot injuries of the vertebral bodies. X-ray examinations of the vertebral column hit by lead bullets of .22 rimfire ammunition regularly revealed small fragments of lead from the missile deposited along the wound track through the bone.