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Heroin Body Packer’s Death in Shiraz, Iran; a Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Background: Intra-corporeal concealment of illicit drugs known as ‘body packing’ is uncommonly reported. These drugs mainly comprise opium, heroin, cocaine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), amphetamines, and marijuana or hashish. Body packers
Nahid Najafi, Mahmoud Montazeri
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ERRATUM: [Article Partial Retraction] Dyskeratosis congenita
Due to a desktop publishing error, the retraction notice added to article “Dyskeratosis congenita” (DOI https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2020.203), published in Autops. Case Rep. 10 (3); 2020, was published with an error.
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Intestinal Metaplasia of Antral Superficial-foveolar Epithelium in Children with Atrophic Gastritis
Aim: Chronic gastritis (CG), being one of the most common digestive diseases, is frequently underestimated both by patients and clinicians. However, CG developed as early as in childhood, and often accompanied by Helicobacter pylori contamination of ...
Natalia Yurievna Shirokova +2 more
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Background: Knowing the cause of stillbirth is of paramount importance for bereaved parents and fetal autopsy is one of the key investigations aimed at providing explanation about the fetal death.
Laura Avagliano +3 more
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Staining with annexin V, which detects the externalization of phosphatidylserine on cells, is a widespread method for the assessment of cell death, and in particular, apoptosis.1 Although additional assays are important for demonstrating apoptosis, many studies use annexin V staining in isolation and directly equate annexin V positivity with apoptosis.
Douglas R. Green, Linda J. Bendall
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Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used technique for assigning causes to non-medically certified deaths using information gathered from a close caregiver. Both operational and cultural factors may cause delays in follow-up of deaths.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb +5 more
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Autopsy reports play a pivotal role in forensic science. Medical examiners (MEs) and diagnostic radiologists (DRs) cross-reference autopsy results in the form of autopsy reports, while judicial personnel derive legal documents from final autopsy reports.
Baoqing Wang +2 more
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Non-thrombotic Pulmonary Embolism Due to Liver Hydatic Cyst: A Case Report
Background: A non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism is defined as embolization to the pulmonary circulation. It may be caused by microorganisms, foreign bodies, different cell types or gas in the pulmonary circulation.
Ahmet Şahpaz +4 more
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ERRATUM: Fatal hemorrhage from peripheral varicose vein rupture
Due to copyediting error the article “Fatal hemorrhage from peripheral varicose vein rupture” (DOI https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.330), published in Autops. Case Rep, 11, 2021, was published with an error in the author's name in How to cite.
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Objective: Virtual autopsy is a non-invasive/minimally invasive method for conducting an autopsy, with the assistance of imaging techniques. We aim to review the benefits of virtual autopsy in detecting pathologies in the paediatric population.
Chathula Ushari Wickramasinghe +3 more
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