Medicolegal Neuropathology
A Color Atlas
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Book Description
Medicolegal Neuropathology: A Color Atlas uniquely demonstrates and explains many neuropathologic findings in a way that will aid investigators of sudden and unexpected death integrate their own findings into the total case context. With helpful tips and reminders, as well as over 500 bold, colorful photographs, this well-organized resource helps you quickly recognize, document, and understand the diverse realm of neuropathological findings waiting to be discovered at autopsy.
Organized in a case-oriented format, Medicolegal Neuropathology: A Color Atlas shows you:
Table of Contents
Scalp Injury
Skull Fracture
Epidural Hemorrhage
Subdural Hemorrhage
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Cerebral Contusion
Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury
Increased Intracranial Pressure and Its Sequelae
Firearm Injury
Persistent Vegetative State
Epilepsy
Cerebral Ischemia/Infarct
Hypertensive and Drug-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Pediatrics - General
Pediatrics - Trauma
Spinal Cord Injury
Artifact and Decomposition
Infection
Neoplasm
Neurodegenerative Disease
Miscellaneous
Special Stains, Techniques, etc.
Normal Human Neuroanatomy
Index
Reviews
"It is a great contribution and shall achieve a dominant position in the forensic pathology literature. Nothing like it has ever been done. I urge that the publisher agrees to keep it in print in perpetuity."
- Dr. Joseph H. Davis, M.D., (Retired) Chief Medical Examiner, Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department
"… invaluable for both teaching and reference by practicing forensic pathologists and neuropathologists and their trainees. The illustrations are of very high quality, and the relevant forensic topics, including traumatic and natural disease, are covered comprehensively."
-Charles L. White, III, M.D.
John H. Childers Professor of Pathology
Director, Neuropathology Laboratory
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas