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en: A case of thoracic organs migrating into the left upper arm subcutaneously due to a runover

en: Forensic Imaging

ja: Forensic Imaging


en: A case of fatal multi-organ inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination.

en: A 14-year-old Japanese girl died unexpectedly 2days after receiving the third dose of the BNT1262b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Autopsy findings showed congestive edema of the lungs, T-cell lymphocytic and macrophage infiltration in the lungs, pericardium, and myocardium of the left atria and left ventricle, liver, kidneys, stomach, duodenum, bladder, and diaphragm. Since there was no preceding infection, allergy, or drug toxicity exposure, the patient was diagnosed with post-vaccination pneumonia, myopericarditis, hepatitis, nephritis, gastroenteritis, cystitis, and myositis. Although neither type of inflammation is fatal by itself, arrhythmia is reported to be the most common cause of death in patients with atrial myopericarditis. In the present case, arrhythmia of atrial origin was assumed as the cause of cardiac failure and death. In sudden post-vaccination deaths, aggressive autopsy systemic search and histological examination involving extensive sectioning of the heart, including the atrium, are indispensable.

en: Legal Medicine

ja: Legal Medicine


en: A case of complete decapitation in suicidal hanging: the mechanism and condition of decapitation

en: Complete decapitation due to suicide by hanging is rare. We report the case of a decapitated man who was found in the sea near an estuary. A polyethylene rope was tied to the handrail of the bridge across a strait near the site of the body. The rope was 12 mm in diameter and 19 m in length from the handrail. It ended with a slip knot noose, and skin and mustache-like hair fragments were attached to it. The decapitated head was not found. The deceased weighed 82 kg and was 152 cm long without the head. The autopsy revealed coarse abrasions and intramuscular hemorrhage around the severed edge. The third cervical spine was not fractured. We reviewed the literature and suggested the conditions of body weight, fall height, rope diameter, and number of rolls in cases of decapitation by hanging. We calculated the hanging decapitation index (HDI) as the fall height (m) multiplied by the body weight (kg), divided by the rope diameter (mm), divided by the number of rolls ; and discussed the differences between complete and incomplete decapitation cases. J. Med. Invest. 70 : 290-293, February, 2023.

en: The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI


en: Motion Analysis of Falls in Infants Using Kinect

ja: Kinectによる小児の転倒の動作解析

en: Acta Criminologiae et Medicinae Legalis Japonica

ja: 犯罪学雑誌


en: 臓器重量の増加を認めた2剖検例:下垂体を中心とした病理組織学的検討

ja: 臓器重量の増加を認めた2剖検例:下垂体を中心とした病理組織学的検討

en: 法医病理

ja: 法医病理


en: Answer to the letter to the editor by J. Finsterer concerning "A case of fatal multi-organ inflammation following COVID-19 vaccination" by H. Nushida et al. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2023.102244.)