A special case of murder committed by pitchfork

The autors describe a murder case, happened in a rural environment, done with an agricultural instrument with "four peak". The use of agricultural instruments to commit a murder, frequent in the past, nowadays is unusual if not in a rural environment.

TRaumi chiusi del torace e traumatismi non penetranti del cuore e dei grossi vasi

Two cases of intra-pericardic dissection in Turner's syndrome women

Turner's syndrome is a genetic partial or complete monosomy of sexual chromosome X; therefore women affected by Turner's syndrome have 45 (XO) caryotype. In 15% of the cases Trner's syndrome is associated with cardiac congenital malformations, the most frequent anomalies are the aortic coartaction and the defect of interventricular septum. The authors introduce two cases of deceased women affected by Turner's syndrome caused by intrapericardic dissection of the ascending aorta.

Could vaccination obligations non-fulfilment be considered as juvenile maltreatment? a personal observation

Suicide entre les mineurs: un rare cas de suicide par pendaison d'une petite fille à 9 ans

La chirurgia vascolare aortica e le complicanze "inaspettate": su di un caso di fistola aorto-protesico-duodenale secondario a gossipiboma

““MIGRANTES” PER MARE: DECESSI TRA GLI IMMIGRATI CLANDESTINI NELLA SICILIA OCCIDENTALE. ESPERIENZE E CASISTICA DEL SETTORATO MEDICO-LEGALE DI PALERMO

LA PERIZIA E CONSULENZA TECNICA IN TEMA DI RESPONSABILITA’ PROFESSIONALE IN AMBITO CHIRURGICO. ASPETTI PROCEDURALI E MEDICO-LEGALI

Utilizzo di TAC multistrato con tecnica spirale nella ricostruzione dei tramiti intracranici da colpi d'arma da fuoco

Utilizzo di TAC multistrato nella ricostruzione dei tramiti intracranici da colpi d'arma da fuoco

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La nuova Legge Italiana sull'infibulazione. Aspetti medico-legali

Mafia homicide During the 80's and Early 90's (1981-1985 1990-1992): The unusual Use of War Wespons (Kalashnikov AK-47) - An Analysis of Murder Cases in Sicily

Medico legal procedures related to sexual assault: a 10-year retrospective experience of a Daphne protocol application

Background: Sexual assault is a worldwide problem that has not yet been sufficiently acknowledged as confirmed by the literature. Italian law n.96, 1996, foreseeing norms regarding rape and sexual abuse, finally gave significant relevance to sex crimes. In 2004, the European Commission for Justice Internal Affairs and Social Politics promoted the Daphne II program to support victims of rape and abuse, and the Violence and Operative Healthcare Networks (Ve.R.S.O.) project started at the Policlinico “P. Giaccone” University Hospital of Palermo in 2006. Aim: data analysis emerging from 10 years experience of Daphne protocol utilization for the management of sexual assault victims. Methods:…

3D TC role in cranic trauma autopsies. A case report

The case aims to show radiological essays could be useful to forensic investigations even if they can not substitute autopsy

Forensic investigation in aircraft accident with the aid of CT (MSCT), and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): our experience

The autors report their experience in a case of air disaster in which a Tuninter airlines ATR 72 fallen down into the sea near Capo Gallo coast (Palermo, Italy) with 39 persons on board, resulting in six-teen victims. In the present contribute the authors argued the causes of the death and analysed patternes of injuries sustained by passengers involved in the fatal airplane accident using the conventional autopsy combined with postmortem Multi Slice Computed Tomography (MSCT) examination.

Singolare caso di suicidio di un chirurgo plastico per "scannamento" a mezzo di lama di dermotomo

Il suicidio rappresenta una delle cause di morte più frequente nei paesi occidentali (negli USA è risultata seconda solo agli incidenti stradali, per i giovani tra i 15 e i 29 anni), di cui è difficile riuscire a cogliere le motivazioni e a distinguere i fattori che possono averlo provocato direttamente. Per quanto riguarda le modalità di attuazione, l’impiccamento è il più comune (in Italia costituisce il 30% dei suicidi), fanno seguito la precipitazione (20%), le armi da fuoco (adoperate in maniera quasi esclusiva dagli uomini) e l’annegamento. L’avvelenamento, l’asfissia da gas e l’investimento rappresentano le rimanenti modalità, anche se non mancano mezzi singolari , a volte molto elab…

The relevance of Scientific evidences in Criminal Investigations of mafia's crime: the experience of "Capaci Bloodshed" and the Murder of the judge Giovanni Falcone

Mineurs et la consommation de drogues dans la province de Palerme durant les annees 1997-2006

MIGRAZIONE TRANS-LUMINALE DI “GOSSIPIBOMA”; PROBLEMI DIAGNOSTICI E MEDICO-LEGALI AI FINI DI CONNESSA RESPONSABILITA’ PROFESSIONALE

"Violation" of Mafia's honour code. Murders in young age

DNA e realazioni di parentela

Lesioni ossee in corso di depezzamento. Indagini sperimentali

Forensic microbiology applications: A systematic review.

Abstract According to the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), a healthy human body contains ten times more microbes than human cells. Microbial communities colonize different organs of the body, playing fundamental roles both in human health and disease. Despite the vast scientific knowledge of the role of microbial communities in a living body, little is known at present about microbial changes occurring after death, thus leading many authors to investigate the composition of the thanatomicrobiome and its potential applications in the forensic field. The aim of the following review is to provide a general overview of the advances of postmortem microbiology research, mainly focusing on the role…

Self-ignition: a suicidal method between demonstrative gesture and psycopathological problems

The suicide in prison: the experiences of the last five years in our department

IMMIGRAZIONE CLANDESTINA NELLA SICILIA OCCIDENTALE. ESPERIENZE MEDICO-LEGALI SU UN NAUFRAGIO COLLETTIVO

DETERMINAZIONE DELLA DISTANZA DI SPARO IN ARMI CORTE DOTATE DI MUNIZIONAMENTO MULTIPLO A PALLINI - CALIBRO 38 SPECIAL

Role of virtopsy in the post-mortem diagnosis of drowning.

Purpose: 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. Materials and methods: We retrospectively examined the CT data of four cadavers recovered from sea water and suspected to have died by drowning. Each patient underwent a full-body post-mortem CT scan, and then a traditional autopsy. Conclusion: To date, there are no autopsy findings pathognomonic of drowning. This study proves that virtopsy is a useful tool in the diagnosis of drowning in tha…

Morte improvvisa da cardiomiopatia aritmogena del ventricolo destro in soggetto adulto durante pratica sportiva agonistica

Singolare caso di morte per incidente domestico da lesione vascolare ascellare con meccanismo da taglio con mezzo atipico

Titolo: SU UN CASO DI RICONOSCIMENTO MEDIANTE DETERMINAZIONE INDIRETTA DEL DNA

Abstracts di comunicazioni o Posters presentati a Congressi Nazionali

Isolated coronary anomalies and sudden death in the young

Il dolore toracico Acuto. Implicazioni medico-legali

Il Dolore Toracico Acuto rappresenta una dei maggiori problemi sotto il profilo clinico e medico-legale per le sue modalità di presentazione (che molto spesso rendono difficoltosa una diagnosi adeguata), per le difficoltà diagnostiche in relazione alla sede di presentazione sanitaria, per l’elevata presenza di falsi positivi e negativi nel corso di valutazione strumentale (il 50% dei pazienti con infarto miocardico acuto non presenta, al momento dell’accesso in Pronto Soccorso evidenti segni di compromissione miocardica all’ECG), rappresentando una delle maggiori fonti di contenzioso giudiziario. Gli autori esaminano i possibili profili di colpa delle varie figure professionali che in varie…

Death Caused by Trash Collector Crushing: A Case Report

Lesività da arma da fuoco

Fatal Anaphylactic Shock Ceftriaxone-Induced in a 4-Year-Old Child

One of the most used cephalosporin in clinical practice is ceftriaxone. Anaphylaxis due to the administration of ceftriaxone is considered a rare event. Here, we report a case of fatal anaphylactic shock after the administration of ceftriaxone in a child who had tolerated the drug in past exposures. The allergic pathogenesis is sustained by the clinical data (short time between the inoculation of the drug and the onset of the symptoms; past exposure to the same molecule and probable sensitization) and the postmortem examination findings (polivisceral congestion and intense eosinophilia found in the histological examination).

Morte improvvisa coronarica in soggetto con TBC polmonare miliarica e miocardite granulomatosa specifica. Correlazioni istopatogenetiche

Delitti di percosse e lesioni personali

Inusuale suicidio per arma da fuoco con due proiettili intracranici: uno o due colpi

Determinazione del tempo di permanenza in acqua in base allo sviluppo di mitili impiantatisi su cadavere scheletrizzato e saponificato.

C10) DETERMINAZIONE DEL TEMPO DI PERMANENZA IN ACQUA IN BASE ALLO SVILUPPO DI MITILI IMPIANTATISI SU CADAVERE SCHELETRIZZATO E SAPONIFICATO L. Milone (*) – S. Procaccianti (*) – M. Grillo (*) – B. Salerno (**) - E. Carra (**) (*) Dipartimento Di Biopatologia E Biotecnologie Mediche E Forensi – Sezione Di Medicina Legale – Liviomilone@Virgilio.It - (**) Dipartimento Di Biologia Cellulare E Dello Sviluppo – Universita’ Degli Studi Di Palermo Introduzione: La valutazione tanatocronologica di cadaveri in avanzato stato di putrefazione, dovuto alla lunga permanenza in acqua salata, pone non pochi problemi al patologo forense che deve risalire all’epoca del decesso, che spesso viene indicata solt…

Imaging for Ballistic Trauma: Other Applications of Forensic Imaging in the Living

Firearms are mechanical instruments that allow launching remote specific bodies with mass (bullets) exploiting burst gas energy. The role of imaging for ballistic trauma is crucial in order to define the main characteristics for both judiciary and nonjudiciary purpose, which are the intracorporeal trajectory, the entrance and exit wounds, and the general characteristics of gunshot injuries.

Comunicazione “DNA E RELAZIONI DI PARENTELA

Drowing in Fuel: A case report

LESIVITA' POST-MORTALE DA FAUNA DOMESTICA E SELVATICA

Method of Concealment of Corpses in Mafia Related Homicides: Melting in strong acids

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATIONS: GENITO-URINARY COMPLICATIONS AND ETHICAL-LEGAL ASPECTS

Many women in the world are still undergoing female genital mutilations (FGMs) even if in almost all the countries, the practice of FGM is illegal. The increase of immigration, particularly from African Countries, to Europe, and Italy too, led to consider this phenomenon with particular attention and skill. All the operators in health services need to know the different types of FGMs and the related complications and the psychological and sexual sequels. Urological complications, in particular, are not rare and the changing anatomy of the external genital apparatus can also make the catheter insertion sometimes difficult. This review analyzes the epidemiology of FGMs, the reasons why the p…

Medicina Necroscopica

L'evirazione come rito simbolico negli omicidi di mafia: 2 casi di personale valutazione

Conoscenze fondamentali della patologia forense per il sanitario non specialista in medicina legale

Traumatologia Forense

Forensic issues in theme of overwhelming post-splenectomy sepsis syndrome: case report

The Symbolism in Mafia Homicides: The "Violation" of Mafia's Honor Code

Virtual autopsy con TCMS: nostra esperienza su un caso di morte accidentale da arma da fuoco.

abstractita

SOVRAFFOLLAMENTO CARCERARIO: L'ATTUALE CONDIZIONE DEI DETENUTI EXTRACOMUNITARI IN SICILIA

Ricerche sperimentali su colle in un caso giudiziario di effrazione di busta per gara d'appalto: aspetti tecnici ed identificativi

SU UN CASO DI RICONOSCIMENTO MEDIANTE DETERMINAZIONE INDIRETTA DEL DNA

Fatal hypersensitivity reaction to an oral spray of flurbiprofen: a case report

Summary What is known and objective Safety of the anti-inflammatory drug flurbiprofen is comparable with that of other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs of the propionic acid class, which are commonly associated with gastrointestinal and renal side effects. Here we report a case of a fatal hypersensitivity reaction to an oral spray of flurbiprofen taken for sore throat. Case summary A 29-year-old man came to the emergency care unit reporting sore throat with an intense burning sensation associated with fever. Pharyngotonsillitis was diagnosed, and local treatment with oral flurbiprofen spray was prescribed. Immediately after using the spray, the patient experienced a severe reaction cha…

mineurs victimes de la "Mafia" en Palerme (1947-2008)

Correlazioni tra reperti radiologici ed anatomici in un caso di grave traumatismo cranico

Infezione del catatere in soggetto sottoposto a intervento chirurgico di derivazione ventricolare: responsabilità professionale o complicanza?

Singolare caso di omicidio per rapina con duplice meccanismo lesivo: strangolamento e accoltellamento

gli autori descrivono un caso di omicidio perpetrato con duplice meccanismo lesivo, strangolamento ed accoltellanento, ai danni del direttore di un Ufficio postale, in occasione di una rapina. Detta forma omicidiaria complessa è indicativa di una reiterata e crudele violenza, cui il soggetto ha cercato vanamente di sottrasi, come dimostrato dalle lesioni da difesa riscontrate alle mani.

Bolus Death, three personal observation cases

Virtual pedopornographia. Italian legislation and legal medicine "Assurance"

ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES: PENAL, CIVIL AND NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE RESPONSIBILITY ACCORDING TO ITALIAN LAW

In this commentary, the authors describe the most important and current issues about the responsibility in asbestos-related diseases according to the Italian Law. In particular, the authors comment the principal implications of Penal, Civil and National Health Insurance laws on occupational and preventive medicine. This brief report represents an useful tool for medical doctor specialists in Occupational, Public Health and Forensic Medicine to support their evaluation of causality in asbestos-related diseases

FORENSIC INVESTIGATION IN AIR CRASH OF TUNINTER

FATAL ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK CEFTRIAXONE-INDUCED IN A 4 YEAR-OLD CHILD

One of the most used cephalosporin in clinical practice is ceftriaxone. Anaphylaxis due to the administration of ceftriaxone is considered a rare event. Here, we report a case of fatal anaphylactic shock after the administration of ceftriaxone in a child who had tolerated the drug in past exposures. The allergic pathogenesis is sustained by the clinical data (short time between the inoculation of the drug and the onset of the symptoms; past exposure to the same molecule and probable sensitization) and the postmortem examination findings (polivisceral congestion and intense eosinophilia found in the histological examination).

LA RESPONSABILITA’ PROFESSIONALE NELLE URGENZE / EMERGENZE