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M Breithaupt

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PubMed1999

Model organ description protocols for completion by transplant surgeons using organs procured from medical examiner cases.

A significant number of donor organs emanate from the medical examiner's or coroner's offices, because victims of head injuries from vehicular accidents, falls, assaults, gunshot injuries, and unattended cerebrovascular accidents fall under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner or coroner. Unfortunately, many organ procurement organizations may not fully understand the legal responsibilities of the medical examiner. Most of the medical examiner or coroner cases could be used without compromising the medical-legal responsibilities of the medical examiner or coroner if a reliable description of the respective organ could be made after surgical removal by either having a pathologist present or by having the surgeon prepare a description of the respective organ. The objective of this paper is to present a series of protocols that have been designed to describe the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, and spleen for use by organ transplant surgeons. These protocols have proven to be highly successful in making more organs available for transplantation.

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PubMed1998

Cardiotoxic mechanisms and interrelationships of cocaine: including a single case depicting several of these mechanisms.

The underlying mechanisms of myocardial infarction as a result of cocaine abuse appear to be multifactorial. The various cardiotoxic mechanisms and interrelationships of cocaine are fully reviewed, and a chart has been reconstructed to give the reader a clearer understanding of them. Moreover, an unusual case of a 29-year-old male cocaine abuser is presented because it illustrates many of the reported cardiotoxic effects, all of which are present in the same individual.

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PubMed1996

Identification of a killer by a definitive sneaker pattern and his beating instruments by their distinctive patterns.

A 39-year-old male service station attendant was found murdered on the floor of a gasoline service area by a passing motorist who had stopped for gas. The victim had been brutally beaten all over his entire body. After carefully examining the body and scene and taking selective photographs, special procedures were implemented in an attempt to preserve and transport the body without disturbing any items of evidence. In addition, specific evidentiary items were noted and collected for processing. The victim was meticulously examined externally at autopsy using a special protocol to locate clues that might assist in identifying a suspect or instrument of injury or death. Patterned impressions and subsequent DNA analysis proved successful in identifying the perpetrator of the crime and the instruments used in inflicting the beating. It is the purpose of this paper to show how a meticulous examination of the body for the presence of patterned injuries and critical studies of these patterns and impressions led to the identification of a killer and the instruments he used in a brutal beating.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Cerebral intraventricular lipoma and sudden death.

A lipoma in the left lateral cerebral ventricle of a 73-year-old male is reported. This rather infrequently occurring lesion was an incidental finding in the patient's postmortem examination and probably accounted for the acute hydrocephalus that lead to his sudden death.

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