Reversal sign on ante- and postmortem brain imaging in a newborn: report of one case.

A 16-day-old female newborn was admitted to the emergency department after cardiopulmonary arrest. Total-body radiographs and non-enhanced CT of the brain showed fracture of the right clavicle, pericerebral hemorrhage and brain damage with reversal sign. The infant died on the day of her hospital admission.

New identification possibilities with postmortem multislice computed tomography.

Historically, radiographical identification has been done by comparing conventional antemortem and postmortem X-ray images. The advent of new technologies such as multislice computed tomography (MSCT) is making traditional antemortem examination increasingly less frequent. The authors present the results of MSCT study of 35 corpses, which demonstrated features potentially useful for identification purposes in ten cases.

Post-mortem changes of the middle ear: multislice computed tomography study.

Six dry skulls were studied by multislice computed tomography (MSCT). They had not previously been prepared, and were natural skeletonized remains. All had been found in the soil.

Virtual anthropology and forensic identification: report of one case.

A charred body was found after a fire in a house in a mountainous region of France. The body was severely burned and was not formally identified as the owner of the house. Autopsy was carried out to seek vital reactions and/or traumatic lesions and to identify the corpse.

Post-traumatic venous and systemic air embolism associated with spinal epidural emphysema: multi-slice computed tomography diagnosis.

A 30-year-old man was admitted with chest trauma after a road traffic accident. The patient was paraplegic and suffered from transient monoparesia of the left arm. The chest X-ray revealed a severe right tension pneumothorax and thoracic spine fractures.

In vivo metabolic fate of the xeno-estrogen 4-n-nonylphenol in Wistar rats.

The distribution and the metabolic fate of 4-n-nonylphenol were investigated in male and female Wistar rats dosed orally with 1 microg/kg ("low-dose") or 10 mg/kg ("high-dose") labeled 4-n-nonylphenol. Following a 4-day metabolic balance study, neither the distribution pattern nor the residual levels of 4-n-nonylphenol were found to be different between groups, and no unexpected tissue-specific accumulation of 4-n-nonylphenol was detected. Most of the radioactivity was eliminated in urine, and consisted of hydrophilic metabolites very likely resulting from extensive beta-oxidation of the nonyl side chain and from the conjugation of the phenol to sulfate or to glucuronic acid.