Sudden death of a 17-year-old boy due to suspected Williams syndrome.

In this article, we present a case of sudden death of a 17-year-old boy, in which diagnosis of Williams syndrome was firstly suspected after medicolegal autopsy, on the basis of typical macroscopical changes (facial appearance, dental status, supravalvular aortic stenosis with mild enlargement of the heart and significant thickening of the left ventricular myocardium) as well as heteroanamnestic data (slight mental retardation and nervousness). All other causes of sudden death were excluded. The definite diagnosis of this syndrome could not be corroborated as specific genetic analysis (fluorescent in situ hybridization test) could not be performed because of the lack of appropriate technical facilities.

Frequency and severity of injuries in correlation with the height of fall.

The main aim of this study was to examine the correlation between the height of fall and the frequency, extensiveness, and type of injuries of certain body regions and organs. The specific objective was to determine characteristic injuries of the analyzed body regions in relation to the certain height of fall. The study included 660 cases of fatal falls from height (469 males and 191 females).