• Full-metal jacket mild steel core ammunition : a case report 

  Blumenthal, Ryan; Rossouw, Servaas Hofmeyr (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2023-12)

  The deceased was a 26-year-old man who was killed in a multiple shooting incident while sitting alone in his car. This individual was shot by multiple individuals, with different types of ammunition, from different ...
• The added value of molecular-based diagnostics in the African forensic medical setting 

  Van Deventer, B.S.; Makhoba, Aubrey Musa; Du Toit-Prinsloo, L.; Van Niekerk, Chantal (Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2022-09)

  Sudden unexpected infant death (SUDI) is reported to be an extraordinarily high burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with the incidence rate in South Africa among the highest in the world. It is common for the cause of many ...
• An atypical asphyxial death : a case study 

  Blumenthal, Ryan; Ferraris, Stefanie Claudia (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2023-09)

  An atypical asphyxial death is presented. The deceased was found wrapped like a mummy with multiple layers of plastic and adhesive tape, lying face down on the floor of his home. The death scene was in the lounge area of ...
• Practical tips to using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue archives for molecular diagnostics in a South African setting 

  Van Deventer, Barbara Stroh; Du Toit-Prinsloo, L.; Van Niekerk, Chantal (AOSIS, 2022-06-23)

  BACKGROUND : Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue archives in hospitals, biobanks, and others offer a vast collection of extensive, readily available specimens for molecular testing. Unfortunately, the use of ...
• Postmortem genetic testing in young individuals : what clinical medical practitioners need to know 

  Van Deventer, Barbara Stroh; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Van Niekerk, Chantal (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-12)

  The death of a young person is most often a tragic occurrence, more so when this death was unexpected. Forensic pathologists are mandated to investigate such deaths, and there has been a strong move internationally towards ...
• Cardiovascular deaths : what do the genes say? 

  Van Deventer, Barbara Stroh; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Van Niekerk, Chantal (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-12)

  Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are ever-increasing, and as such are considered to be one of the most concerning public health burdens worldwide. They remain the leading cause of death across the world (~17.7 million deaths ...
• Discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and autopsy findings : a comparative study conducted in South Africa 

  Joubert, Doret M.; Rossouw, Servaas Hofmeyr; Solomon, C.; Meyer, Pieter Willem Adriaan (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2022-11)

  BACKGROUND. The anatomical pathology autopsy serves several purposes, notably as a quality management tool for evaluation of accuracy in clinical diagnosis. Despite its value, for various reasons there has been an ...
• A fatal case of Rickettsiosis from South Africa 

  Blumenthal, Ryan; Hoosen, Anwar Ahmed; Skosana, Lebogang Busisiwe; Weyer, Jacqueline (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2021-09)

  We present a case of fatal Rickettsiosis from South Africa.
• An illustrated forensic pathology case : bilateral putaminal hemorrhages after methanol ingestion 

  Blumenthal, Ryan; Roth, Lisa Barbara (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2021-09)

  We report the case of a 45-year old African male, who presented to the Emergency Department with severe metabolic lactic acidosis and confusion secondary to ingestion of methylated spirits. Methylated spirits is a common ...
• Forensic case book : mirror image ‘selfie’ causes confusion 

  Robinson, Liam; Makhoba, Aubrey Musa; Bernitz, Herman (South African Dental Association, 2020-04)

  The body of a decomposed female was found immersed in a water purification plant in a small town. The South African Police Service (SAPS) believed that the body could be that of a person they had been searching for since ...
• Deaths due to police action and deaths in custody : a persistent problem in Pretoria, South Africa 

  Barit, Shimon; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert (Institute for Security Studies, 2020)

  In 2013, South Africa had the second highest rate of imprisonment in Africa. During the apartheid era, a substantial number of deaths in custody involved political detainees. However, two decades after the abolition of ...
• Injuries and deaths from lightning 

  Blumenthal, Ryan (BMJ Publishing Group Group, 2021-04)

  This paper reviews recent academic research into the pathology of trauma of lightning. Lightning may injure or kill in a variety of different ways. Aimed at the trainee, or practicing pathologist, this paper provides ...
• A simple mathematical model for Ebola in Africa 

  Tsanou, Berge; Lubuma, Jean M.-S.; Moremedi, G.M.; Morris, Neil Kenneth; Kondera-Shava, R. (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  We deal with the following question: Can the consumption of contaminated bush meat, the funeral practices and the environmental contamination explain the recurrence and persistence of Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Africa? ...
• Drugged driving in South Africa 

  Liebenberg, Jade; Du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine; Saayman, Gert; Steenkamp, Vanessa (Institute for Security Studies, 2019-03)

  Driving under the influence is a major threat to road safety in South Africa. Various psychoactive substances (both licit and illicit) have the potential to adversely affect driving performance and increase the probability ...
• A multidisciplinary forensic analysis of two lightning deaths observed in South Africa 

  Hunt, Hugh G.P.; Blumenthal, Ryan; Nixon, Ken J.; Gomes, Chandima (Elsevier, 2020-12)

  While in-depth studies of lightning deaths can be found in the literature, rarely do such investigations they utilize a multidisciplinary approach, analysing both the medical and electrical aspects of a case. Even more ...
• Tongue position and its relation to the cause of death and sequential stages of body decomposition observed during 608 forensic post-mortems 

  Bernitz, Herman; Van Staden, Paul Jacobus; Rossouw, Servaas Hofmeyr; Jordaan, J.C. (Joyce) (Springer, 2019-07)

  The purpose of this study was to document tongue position and its relation to the cause of death and sequential stages of body decomposition, as observed during the routine forensic pathological examination of bodies. The ...
• Black mamba death : venom versus antivenom? 

  Blumenthal, Ryan; Scholtz, Pieter Evelyn Pienaar; Shuttleworth, Jenna-lee (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2019-12)

  We present the case of a male adult who was admitted to an emergency department after having sustained envenomation from a black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis). According to the available history, a single fang hooked his ...
• Thermal fatalities in Pretoria : a 5-year retrospective review 

  Morobadi, Kenalemang; Blumenthal, Ryan; Saayman, Gert (Elsevier, 2019-11)

  In South Africa, research on burn mortality has emanated primarily from specialised burn centres and has focused on specific age groups and hospital-based fatalities. This study describes the demographic profile and the ...
• Medicolegal perspectives of interpersonal violence : a review of first-contact clinical notes 

  Loots, Donovan P.; Saayman, Gert (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-10)

  BACKGROUND. South Africa has one of the highest rates of interpersonal violence (IPV), in all its forms, in the world. Incidents of assault are largely under-reported and place an immense burden on the healthcare, fiscal ...
• A fire extinguisher death : the Macklin effect 

  Blumenthal, Ryan; Hänert-van der Zee, Brigitte (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2018-06)

  We present the case of an adult white man found dead in a psychiatric institution with fine white powder (monoammonium phosphate) deposited over the entire face after he insufflated the contents of a dry chemical fire ...

View more