Fatal heat stroke in children found in parked cars: autopsy findings.

Unlabelled: A common and unfortunate cause for heat stroke-related deaths in children is entrapment in closed vehicles. The aim of this study was to analyze the pathological consequences of such grave events. Autopsy reports of all children that were brought to a national forensic medicine center after being found dead in closed vehicles over a 21-year period (1995-2015) were reviewed.

An Analysis of the Characteristics of Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries Due to Gunshot Homicides in Israel.

De-identified wound data from 197 homicidal gunshot postmortems were obtained between 2000 and 2008. Forensic ballistics data were only available for cases between 2004 and 2008. Males represent 91% of gunshot victims and were struck in the thorax/abdomen with an average of 2.

[Combination of imaging studies and autopsy in death investigations].

The progress in quality and availability of imaging studies has made them an invaluable part of the clinical diagnostic process, so much so that the forensic medical community had to acknowledge their importance and to implement them in death investigations. Since 2011 roughly 200 post-mortem radiographic examinations were conducted, mostly followed by full autopsies. Four of those cases are given as an example of the benefits and limitations of these methods.

Atlas occipitalization in a supersonic fighter pilot involved in a midair collision: a case report.

We report a case of a midair collision between two F16 fighter aircraft, in which one pilot survived and the other was ejected upon impact and his remains recovered from sea. In autopsy, no patholgy was detected, other than the expected evidence of mechanical trauma. No defects in the aircraft or faults in the parachute or ejection mechanism were found.

Sudden cardiac death of a woman during extramarital sex: a case report and review of the literature.

Sudden death of cardiac patients related to sexual activity has been widely reported in the medical and forensic literature, specifically of male partners in heterosexual relationships, usually with extramarital partners. We present a unique case of a 46 year old woman who died during a sexual encounter with her lover. Cause of death was an acute cardiac failure due to hypertensive chronic cardiovascular disease, following sexual activity.

["Scared to death"--lethal cardiac arrhythmia caused by emotional stress].

Background: The cause of death in cases of sudden and unexpected death is determined by the forensic pathologist based on autopsy findings and toxicological analysis. In cases where no acute pathology or lethal injury are detected, and the circumstances surrounding the death were highly stressful or emotional, it is possible to attribute the inciting event as contributory to the death by causing cardiac dysrhythmia.

Method: Ten cases of sudden death related to stressful events were examined over a period of 2 years in the National Center of Forensic Pathology, all of which lacked findings of acute disease or serious injury.

[Gunshot wounds to the head--common errors of clinicians in diagnosing direction and range of fire].

Background: Evaluating direction and range of fire based on gunshot wound characteristics requires theoretical and/or practical training in terminal ballistics. Clinicians specializing in trauma, surgery and neurosurgery are sometimes called upon to assess direction of fire without prior knowledge or experience in the field. Descriptions of gunshot wounds and determination of bullet direction are documented in medical records.

Cardiac perforation by a pectus bar after surgical correction of pectus excavatum: case report and review of the literature.

Pectus excavatum (PE) is a congenital sternal depression. The two most popular methods of correction are the highly modified Ravitch repair (HMRR) and the Nuss procedure. Presented here is a case of PE surgical correction in a 17.

Self-inflicted gunshot wound mimicking assault: a rare variant of factitious disorder.

This paper presents the case of 52-year-old man who died in an attempt to prove factitious allegations of persecution. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other reported cases of a self-inflicted, long-distance gunshot injury causing death. We discuss other cases of crime-scene "staging" and review the literature on factitious disorders and malingering in our search for motive, and stress again the importance of crime scene analysis and investigation of circumstances in determining the manner of death.