Focal Cortical Dysplasia with hippocampal sclerosis

ABSTRACT Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) is a group of focal developmental malformations of the cerebral cortex cytoarchitecture. FCD usually manifests as medically intractable epilepsy, especially in young children. Live patients are diagnosed by radiological examination such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET), magnetoencephalography (MEG), diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI), and intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG). While some cases can be missed by radiological examination, they are usually diagnosed on the histopathological examination of the surgically removed specimens of medically intractable epilepsy patients. We report a case of a young girl with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and seizure disorder who died in her sleep. The deceased was diagnosed with FCD type III with hippocampal sclerosis on histopathological examination at autopsy. H & E stain and NeuN immunohistochemistry neuronal cell marker were used to demonstrate the findings of FCD.

Description of blast injuries: literature review, case report and proposal for a new classification / Descripción de lesiones por explosivos: revisión de la literatura, reporte de caso y propuesta de nueva clasificación

After reviewing the medical literature of various classifications of blast injuries, we present a proposal called the Bogotá Classification, aimed at the study of cadavers with injuries present in cases of death caused by explosion. We also present a case that occurred in a residence in the city of Bogotá involving an improvised explosive device, resulting in three deaths.

Luego de la revisión de la literatura médica, en relación con las diferentes clasificaciones de lesiones por explosivos, se presenta una propuesta denominada Clasificación Bogotá, dirigida al estudio en cadáveres de las lesiones presentes en casos de muertes por explosión. Se presenta además un caso ocurrido en la ciudad de Bogotá, D.C., donde, en una residencia, ocurre una detonación de artefactos explosivos caseros y como consecuencia se presentan de tres muertes.

Forensic Autopsy and Ethics / 中国医学伦理学

With the development of medical technique and the improvement of society,more and people are paying attention to the ethics of death.But the ethics on forensic autopsy-the wildly used technology-lagged behind.We discussed the subject related to forensic autopsy in theory and practice,expecting to have an advanced research.