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A renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is an unusual benign tumor that is composed of adipose tissue, smooth muscle, and abnormal blood vessels. AMLs can occur sporadically or can be associated with...
An 18-year-old man collapsed at his workplace while putting desiccant into a cylindrical mixer, 2 m x 1 m in dimension, which contained rubber powder. His coworker found him collapsed,...
Forensic autopsy service in a metropolitan area of Korea is well established and optimized for high population density based on high social system and infrastructures. However, forensic autopsy in rural...
Intracranial neoplasms usually have definitive symptoms, causing a need for medical intervention, but a few cases result in sudden unexpected death even before diagnosis. In these cases, autopsy or post-mortem...
Chickenpox is an acute disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a herpesvirus that causes human infection worldwide. Primary VZV infection routinely occurs during childhood and is usually a self-limiting...
In some cases, it is difficult to determine a single cause of death even after conducting full autopsy and additional tests. A 49-year-old man, reportedly having diabetes mellitus, was found...