Am J Forensic Med Pathol
March 2014
A fall from a great height is often associated with altered mental status. Aside from the usual contributing factors, for example, alcohol consumption or mental illness, natural disease leading to a fatal fall is seldom identified by autopsy. The case described in this report is that of a 57-year-old man who had been clinically diagnosed with presenile Alzheimer disease and fell head first into a river from the bridge.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo examine the longitudinal change of pathological findings of the lung and other organs in milk aspiration, an experimental study using a murine model was carried out. Either 0.5 or 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpray cleaner is a cleaning product containing compressed 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) to blow dust off electric devices and other sensitive equipment; however, it is also inhaled to induce euphoria. This report describes three cases of death involving HFC-152a inhalation with spray cleaner under different circumstances. In case 1, death was during inhalation for euphoria with which led to having frostbite.
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