Main description:

Leading forensic pathologists from around the world synthesize the practical advances in a variety of important subspecialties of forensic pathology and demonstrate how the latest medical and scientific progress is being applied to solve current problems of high interest to forensic pathologists today. The authors offer cutting-edge insights into death from environmental conditions (lightning and elder abuse), homicide by sharp force, death from natural causes (asthma, Marfan syndrome, and peliosis of the liver and spleen), and pathology of human endothelium in septic organ failure. Additional chapters address special aspects of crime scene interpretation and behavioral analysis, neogenesis of ethanol and fusel oils in putrefying blood, agrochemical poisoning, imaging techniques in forensic pathology, and fixation techniques for organs and parenchymal structures. A comprehensive, up-to-date review of the international literature is given for each chapter.

Contents:

Death From Environmental Conditions

Pathological Features of Death From Lightning Strike
Stephan Seidl

Elder Abuse: Challenges for Clinical Forensic Specialists and Forensic Pathologists in the 21st Century
Donna M. Hunsaker and John C. Hunsaker III

Homicide

Homicides by Sharp Force
Michael Bohnert, Hartmut Huttemann, and Ulrike Schmidt

Death From Natural Causes

Sudden and Unexpected Death in Marfan Syndrome
Roger W. Byard

Asthma Deaths: Phenomenology, Pathology, and Medicolegal Aspects
Michael Tsokos

Peliosis of the Liver and Spleen: Pathological Features and Forensic Pathological Relevance of Two Rare Diseases With Potentially Fatal Outcome
Michael Tsokos and Andreas Erbersdobler

Infectious Diseases. Pathology of Human Endothelium in Septic Organ Failure
Annette M. Muller and Michael Tsokos

Death Scene Investigation

Special Aspects of Crime Scene Interpretation and Behavioral Analysis: The Phenomenon of 'Undoing'
Judith Schroeer and Klaus Puschel

Toxicology

Neogenesis of Ethanol and Fusel Oils in Putrefying Blood
Wolfgang Huckenbeck

Agrochemical Poisoning
Anil Aggrawal

Apoptosis

Apoptosis in Tissue Injury,
Barbara M. Aufiero, George C. Tsokos, Maria Tsokos, and Henry K. Wong

Imaging Techniques in Forensic Pathology

Recent Advances in Postmortem Forensic Radiology: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications
Benjamin Swift and Guy N. Rutty

Postmortem Ultrasound Imaging in Forensic Pathology
Seisaku Uchigasaki

Veterinary Forensic Pathology

Veterinary Forensic Pathology: The Assessment of Injuries to Dolphins at Postmortem
Roger W. Byard, Catherine M. Kemper, Mike Bossley, Deborah Kelly, and Mark Hill

Fixation Techniques for Organs andParenchymal Structures

Methods of Lung Fixation
Roland Hausmann

Index