Determination of skin wound age by using cytokines as potential markers.

Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-6, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) play important roles in the wound healing process. In the present study, human wound specimens (n = 50) were collected from cases of death due to injuries from firearms, penetrating trauma by sharp objects and blunt trauma with a known time of injury and death identified by forensic autopsy. Full-thickness tissue specimens were obtained from injured skin sites, and equally sized intact tissues obtained from the same person were used as controls.

Detailed dissection of hepato-caval junction and suprarenal inferior vena cava.

Background/aims: There are few anatomical studies on hepatic vein compared to hepatic artery and portal vein. The aim of this study is to clarify the branching patterns of hepatic veins, supra and infra-diaphragmatic course of suprarenal inferior vena cava and its relation with the liver.

Methodology: Between March and May 2008, 103 consecutive autopsy examinations were included in the study.

Rupture of heart with all layers after a massive blunt thoracic trauma without any lesion on the bones: a case report.

Our case is a male student which was dead because of traffic accident as passenger in October, 01, 2007. His heart was found to be lacerated and ruptured horizontally from atrio-ventricular region through all layer of the wall at autopsy. There were not any changes of skeletal system.

Detection of human herpesvirus 6 DNA but not human herpesvirus 7 or 8 DNA in atherosclerotic and nonatherosclerotic vascular tissues.

Introduction: Various viral infections are thought to play a role in the development of atherosclerosis. A number of studies suggest that certain viruses from the Herpesviridae family in particular may lead to atherosclerosis.

Methods: We investigated the presence of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7), and human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) DNA in carotid, iliac, and coronary artery specimens obtained from a group of adult autopsy cases by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis and nested PCR techniques.

Spontaneous rupture of splenic vein in a pregnant woman during a religious ritual.

The treatment of retroperitoneal hemorrhage can be by surgical or a conservative approach but the main problems about these cases are difficulty in diagnosis due to negative results after abdominal lavage and the difficulties in accessing the retroperitoneal area surgically. Retroperitoneal hemorrhage during pregnancy, occurring as a result of spontaneous rupture, is very rare event. Such cases require urgent operation and if not, result in high mortality.

Permanent t-tube insertion in two patients with Hurler's syndrome.

Hearing loss in mucopolysaccharidosis is usually both conductive and sensorineural. The conductive component is attributable to serous otitis media secondary to dysfunction of the eustachian tube and chronic thickening of the mucosa of the middle ear. The conductive component may persist after myringotomy and insertion of short-term or long-term ventilation tubes.