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Case report: Sarcocystis speeri, Aspergillus fumigatus, and novel Treponema sp. infections in an adult Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
A complete postmortem examination, including a computed tomography scan “virtopsy” (virtual necropsy), gross necropsy, cytology, histology, and molecular diagnostics were performed to investigate the cause of death of a deceased adult male Atlantic ...
Sarah Emily Balik, Robert James Ossiboff, Nicole Indra Stacy, James F. X. Wellehan, Elodie E. Huguet, Aitor Gallastegui, April L. Childress, Brittany E. Baldrica, Brittany A. Dolan, Laurie E. Adler, Michael Thomas Walsh   +10 more
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Characterisation of Crassicauda fuelleborni nematode infection in Indo-Pacific finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) using postmortem computed tomography [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
Nematodes of the genus Crassicauda are parasites that infect various body tissues of cetaceans, including the mammary glands which can influence the reproductive output and hence threaten the survival of endangered cetacean populations.
Brian C.W. Kot, Heysen H.N. Ho, Edgar K.C. Leung, Tabris Y.T. Chung, Henry C.L. Tsui   +4 more
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Fetal Presentation of MYRF-Related Cardiac Urogenital Syndrome: An Emerging and Challenging Prenatal Diagnosis. [PDF]

Prenat Diagn
ABSTRACT Purpose MYRF‐related cardiac‐urogenital syndrome (MYRF‐CUGS) is a rare condition associated with heterozygous MYRF variants. The description of MYRF‐CUGS phenotype is mostly based on postnatal cases and 36 affected individuals have been published so far.
Favier M, Brischoux-Boucher E, Pyle LC, Mottet N, Auber-Lenoir M, Cattin J, Dahlen E, Cabrol C, Arbez-Gindre F, Attié-Bitach T, Boute O, Devisme L, Trost D, Boughalem A, Chitayat D, Prasov L, Chorin O, Rein-Rothschild A, Kassif E, Weissbach T, Hendon LG, Adam MP, Quelin C, Jaillard S, Mary L, Aukema SM, Heijligers M, de Die-Smulders C, Stegmann S, Badalato L, Ben-Yehuda A, Beneteau C, Forey PL, Kuentz P, Piard J.   +34 more
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Postmortem Abdominal Ultrasound in Healthy Wild Mammals for Application in Forensic Veterinary Medicine. [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Diagnostic imaging methods have been used in human medicine to identify and examine cadavers to determine the cause of death. In veterinary medicine, the use of these resources is still scarce and little known, and it is necessary to establish the contribution that methods such as ultrasound could provide to the investigation of the cause of death in ...
Ferrari M, Reis STJ, Borges NC, Ribas LM, de Sant'Ana FJF.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Role of Autopsy in the Forensic and Clinical Evaluation of Head Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury in Road Traffic Accidents: A Review of the Literature [PDF]

Diagnostics
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, frequently resulting in traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), skull fractures, and spinal injuries.
Matteo Antonio Sacco, Maria Cristina Verrina, Roberto Raffaele, Saverio Gualtieri, Alessandro Pasquale Tarallo, Santo Gratteri, Isabella Aquila   +6 more
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Role of virtopsy in the post-mortem diagnosis of drowning [PDF]

Radiologia Medica, 2014
Due to admitted limits of autopsy-based studies in the diagnosis of drowning, virtopsy is considered the new imaging horizon in these post-mortem studies. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of virtopsy performed through computed tomography (CT) in the forensic diagnosis of drowning.We retrospectively examined the CT data of four cadavers ...
Dario Picone, Giuseppe Lo Re, Antonina Argo   +2 more
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Virtopsy Controversies and Knowledge Gaps in the Middle-East and the Role of Virtopsy During the Present COVID-19 Pandemic

Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2022
The present review will discuss gaps in the current state of knowledge about virtopsy in the Middle East and its practical application during the covid-19 Pandemic.
Mohammad F. ALQahtani, Mohammad S. Asiri, Saleh K. Alzahrani, Ziyad A. Alshagawi, Raiyan Alshubaiki   +4 more
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Postmortem radiology studies in global and national healthcare: literature analysis and perspectives of Russian specialists [PDF]

Digital Diagnostics, 2023
Despite the significant importance of autopsies for determining the cause of death and the evaluating the effectiveness of treatments, there is a progressive decrease in their number across all countries. At the same time, there is an active introduction
Alexander I. Shchegolev, Ulyana N. Tumanova   +1 more
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Expediting the development of virtopsy identification technology in forensic medicine in China

Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2020
Virtopsy technology is noninvasive, noncontact, and can find potential lesions. For these reasons, it has broad application prospects in forensic pathology and forensic clinical science.
Liu Xin, Zheng Xiechang
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Multidisciplinary approach to postmortem diagnostics

Digital Diagnostics, 2023
BACKGROUND: The technique that allows detecting various pathologies and clearly identifying the cause of death and other associated diseases without disturbing the integrity of the skin refers to postmortem radiological diagnostics and is called virtopsy.
Milena V. Lozina, Ivan A. Shiripenko, Olga A. Sidorova, Antonina A. Soldatova, Polina A. Tarasova, Vasiliy A. Kuznetsov, Bulat V. Malygin   +6 more
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