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Fatal bleeding from major femoral vessels: three case reports
We present three unusual cases of fatal bleeding from eroded femoral blood vessels. Erosion was due to tumor metastases in one and abscess formation in two cases. Bleeding occurred from the femoral vein in two...
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Article
Multicontrast-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic plaques at 3.0 and 1.5 Tesla: ex-vivo comparison with histopathologic correlation
The purpose was to analyze magnetic resonance (MR) plaque imaging at 3.0 Tesla and 1.5 Tesla in correlation with histopathology. MR imaging (MRI) of the abdominal aorta and femoral artery was performed on seve...
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Unsuspected (clinically silent) multiple sclerosis
The incidental retrieval of a few, well-circumscribed, chronic multiple sclerosis plaques in a 49-year-old female who died from myocardial infarct is reported. In serial gallocyanin stained frontal sections of...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Electrical fatalities — serum myoglobin concentration as a characteristic marker?
Elevated serum myoglobin levels may originate from a variety of triggering mechanisms. Points of special interest concerning fatalities were the site of blood sampling, the postmortem interval, the influence o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Development of hepatitis B-, hepatitis C- and HIV-prevalence among drug abuse-related fatalities (Hamburg 1984–1993)
Virus infections are common among drug abusers and the medical complications are severe [1, 2, 3, 4]. Many infections are due to an insterile technique of injection (needle sharing); disease transmission via b...
