{"title":"Proposal of the Autopsy Guideline for Infectious Diseases: Preparation for the Post-COVID-19 Era","authors":"M. Kim, Harin Cheong, Hyung-Seok Kim","doi":"10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.2.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.2.54","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapidly spreading coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic over the past few months, the world is facing an unprecedented crisis Innumerable lives have been lost to this novel infectious disease, the nature of which supersedes conventional medical understanding People around the world are sacrificing their daily lives and enduring the crisis regardless of national boundaries and cultural backgrounds The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a global health crisis, several aspects of life in the post-COVID-19 era are also being contemplated Experts in unison are warning that the upcoming changes in all areas of life could potentially be far more drastic than ever experienced in the entire human civilization The medical community is no exception, and therefore, personnel involved in forensic medicine also need to be adequately prepared for the future Forensic medicine is a branch of medicine dedicated to one of the most important stages of the human lifecycle and has always been at the forefront in times of unprecedented social change We present new autopsy guidelines in forensic medicine, formulated based on the various infectious diseases that we presently live with and may encounter in the future In formulation of these guidelines several considerations have been taken into account, namely, the role forensic pathologists should play in the post-COVID-19 era and the necessary preparations as well as the support needed from society to fulfill that role The present COVID-19 outbreak should be a starting point for formulating improvements in current practices in forensic science, including autopsy biosafety practices and the medicolegal death investigation system","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131171180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yonghan Jung, Sangbum Lim, Y. Ko, Seonjung Jang, Hyejin Park
{"title":"[secondary publication] Fatal Complications of Dental Implant Surgery: An Autopsy Case Report","authors":"Yonghan Jung, Sangbum Lim, Y. Ko, Seonjung Jang, Hyejin Park","doi":"10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.2.92","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.2.92","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126309039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gastromalacia (Postmortem Gastric Perforation): Two Cases Reports","authors":"Dong Ja Kim, SangHan Lee","doi":"10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.45","url":null,"abstract":"eISSN 2383-5710 cCopyright 2020 by the Korean Society for Legal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 45 Gastric perforation is uncommonly found during autopsy. This could be caused by perforated gastric ulcers, blunt abdominal traumas, tumors, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or gastromalacia. Gastromalacia, originally described in the 18th century by John Hunter, is a postmortem artifact caused by the autolysis of gastric tissue due to the release of endogenous enzymes [1]. It is frequently encountered in the fundic portion of the stomach near the gastroesophageal junction. Occasionally, the left leaf of the diaphragm is also perforated by a ragged fenestration, leading to the escape of gastric contents into the pleural cavity. In addition, gastromalacia may also involve the distal esophagus, leading to perforation into the left pleural cavity [2]. These may lead to radiographic findings of pneumoperitoneum or pneumothorax. Here, we present two cases of gastromalacia with a literature review. A 53-year-old woman was discovered dead in her bedroom by her husband. At the midnight before her death, she had fallen down the basement staircase of a Karaoke room in a drunken state. Subsequently, she had returned to her house and fallen sleep. Her husband stated that she was sleeping when he left for his office at 07:40 but found her dead at 20:40 when he returned home. An autopsy performed the next day revealed a right temporo-parietal subgaleal hemorrhage with Korean J Leg Med 2020;44:45-47 https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.45","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121106871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on the Death Certificates and the Warrant of Seizure in Relation to the Death Certification System","authors":"Youn Shin Kim, Tae Eun Kim","doi":"10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"국민의 죽음에 대한 국가적 감시는 필연적으로 적절한 사인 규명과 그를 위한 제도를 필요로 하고, 이는 현대 복지국가가 담당해야 할 중요한 책무 중의 하나이다. 정확한 사인규명을 위한 국가의 역할은 기본적으로 의사의 의학적 판단을 담은 사망진단서(또는 시체검안서)에 의존한다. 그러나 이를 통한 적절한 사인규명이 곤란하거나, 범죄로 인한 사망 혹은 타인 의 행위가 개입되었을 개연성이 의심되는 죽음에는 사법기관 이 개입하여 부검 등의 강제처분을 통해 사인규명을 하게 된 다. 그 경우에는 개인의 신체에 대한 침습을 수반하므로 법관 이 발급한 영장을 요한다. 사인이란 사망을 초래하였거나 혹은 기여한 모든 질병, 병 적 상태, 혹은 손상, 그리고 그러한 손상을 야기한 사고나 폭 력의 정황이라고 정의된다[1]. 개인의 사망원인에 대한 공적 규명이 국가적 관심사가 될 수밖에 없는 이유는, 범죄와의 관 Korean J Leg Med 2020;44:7-16 https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.7","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123383652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defining and Explaining Serial Murders in the United States","authors":"T. Choo, Y. Choi","doi":"10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, American social media and the public have been fascinated by special homicide cases such as serial killings. Serial murder has been a popular theme on movies, TV shows, and books for decades. This phenomenon has led to perplexing results that people are confusing fiction with fact and misperceptions. Our understanding of repeated murder and its causes are still very limited because there has not been much empirical study on this subject until recent years. Definition of Serial Murder","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116979392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jong-Pil Park, Tak Su Lee, Minsung Choi, Kyung-moo Yang, J. Park, Yujin Won, Seung Gyu Choi, Kyunghong Lee, J. Kim, C. Kang, Seung-woo Choi
{"title":"Usefulness of Near-infrared Spectroscopy for Diagnosis of Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage in Postmortem Inspection","authors":"Jong-Pil Park, Tak Su Lee, Minsung Choi, Kyung-moo Yang, J. Park, Yujin Won, Seung Gyu Choi, Kyunghong Lee, J. Kim, C. Kang, Seung-woo Choi","doi":"10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2020.44.1.24","url":null,"abstract":"Jong-Pil Park, Tak Su Lee, Minsung Choi, Kyung-moo Yang, Jeongwoo Park, Yujin Won, Seung Gyu Choi, Kyunghong Lee, Jeong Hwan Kim, Chae Lin Kang, Seung Woo Choi Department of Forensic Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Division of Forensic Medicine Investigation, National Forensic Service Seoul Institute, Seoul, Korea, Medical Examiner’s Office, National Forensic Service, Wonju, Korea, Division of Forensic Medicine, National Forensic Service Daejeon Institute, Daejeon, Korea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju, Korea","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132083477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Keunsoo Ham, Ki Pyoung Kim, Hojin Jeong, S. H. Yoo
{"title":"Increased Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation during Accurate Eyewitness Memory Retrieval: An Exploratory Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study","authors":"Keunsoo Ham, Ki Pyoung Kim, Hojin Jeong, S. H. Yoo","doi":"10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.146","url":null,"abstract":"최근 들어, 목격자들의 진술의 진위 여부를 평가하기 위해 이 들의 신경생리학적 반응(예, 뇌파)을 조사하여 목격자 기억 을 평가하려는 시도가 증가하고 있다. 기억 복귀(memory reinstatement) 모델[1]에 의하면 부호화를 할 때 활성화되 었던 두뇌의 활성화 패턴은 저장되며, 그 정보를 인출할 때 재활성화된다. 이 관점에서 목격하지 않은 장면들에 대한 정 보들은 두뇌에 저장되어 있지 않기 때문에, 목격하지 못한 정 보를 처리할 때의 두뇌 활성화 패턴은 목격한 장면을 인출할 때 발생하는 두뇌의 활성화 정도와 다를 것이라 예측할 수 있 다. 본 연구에서는 목격한 자극과 목격하지 않은 자극을 사용 해서 목격한 장면 또는 목격하지 못한 장면과 관련 있는 기억 단서에 의해 발생하는 두뇌 활성화의 차이를 조사하고, 이 결 Korean J Leg Med 2018;42:146-152 https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2018.42.4.146","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128038069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youn Shin Kim, I. Hwang, Seohyun Moon, J. Park, Y. Lee
{"title":"Unexpected Death by Sepsis of Staphylococcus aureus with Infective Endocarditis and Paravertebral Abscess in a Fisherman during Sailing out for Fish: An Autopsy Case","authors":"Youn Shin Kim, I. Hwang, Seohyun Moon, J. Park, Y. Lee","doi":"10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.153","url":null,"abstract":"황색포도알균(Staphylococcus aureus)은 인체에 다양한 병 변을 유발하는 위험한 병원균으로서, 그 발병 빈도가 지역 사회와 의료시설에서 공히 지속적으로 증가하고 있다[1]. 그 러나 황색포도알균은 코, 겨드랑이, 질(vagina), 인두, 손상 된 피부표면 등에 서식하는 세균총(commensal)이기도 하 므로, 인체는 이 균의 병원소(reservoir of infection)가 되 며[2], 이러한 보균 상태는 결과적으로 황색포도알균의 감염 위험을 증가시킨다[3]. 감염증은 피부나 점막 장벽이 손상되 어 병원균이 인접 조직이나 혈류로 유입됨으로써 유발되며, 그 감염이 국소적으로 머무는지 혹은 확산되는지는 병원균의 병독성과 인체의 방어기전의 상호작용에 달려있다[1]. 포도 알균에 의한 병변의 전형적인 병리소견은 농양(abscess) 형 성이지만, 또한 피부와 연조직 감염, 혈관내막감염, 폐렴, 화 농성 관절염, 심내막염, 골관절염, 이물 감염(foreign body infection), 패혈증의 중요한 원인이 된다[1]. 황색포도알균은 전 세계적으로 심내막염의 주요 원인이 되 Korean J Leg Med 2018;42:153-158 https://doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2018.42.4.153","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125454793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Park, Joo-Young Na, B. Lee, Kyung-moo Yang, Y. Choi
{"title":"A Statistical Analysis on Forensic Autopsies Performed in Korea in 2017","authors":"J. Park, Joo-Young Na, B. Lee, Kyung-moo Yang, Y. Choi","doi":"10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122212083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Type A Aortic Dissection with Concomitant Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Tamponade: An Autopsy Case","authors":"Sang Jae Noh, M. Sim, Ae Ri Ahn, H. Lee","doi":"10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7580/KJLM.2018.42.4.172","url":null,"abstract":"medical emergency that is associated with a high mortality rate, and death from aortic dissection is mainly related to secondary complications, namely cardiac tamponade, severe aortic regurgitation, acute myocardial infarction, and abdominal organ vessel obstruction. Hence, prompt and accurate diagnosis followed by proper treatment is important for patient survival. Herein, we present a rare case of sudden death after aortic dissection with concomitant acute myocardial infarction and cardiac tamponade.","PeriodicalId":401663,"journal":{"name":"The Korean journal of legal medicine","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132030045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}