American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology

14/10/2025

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Original Article
Study of Arachnoid Granulations and Their Pits in Head Injuries

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lved autopsies of 130 bodies with head injuries and 40 without head injuries. The AGs and their respective pits were examined for morphology, types, injuries, and histology. Injuries in AGs and their pits were documented in 61 cases. Intradiploic, irregular AGs, and their pits are more susceptible t...

14/10/2025

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Illustrated Forensic Pathology
An Autopsy Case of Pulmonary Bone Marrow Emboli With Unknown Etiology

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12/10/2025

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Review Article
Forensic Entomology in Criminal Investigations: Advances in Insect-Mediated Postmortem Interval Estimation, Species Identification, and Environmental Influences

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enhanced the field’s forensic applications. However, challenges related to methodological standardization, environmental variability, and legal admissibility persist. This comprehensive review examines recent developments in forensic entomology, focusing on molecular methodologies, AI-assisted spe...

12/10/2025

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Case Report
An Autopsy Case of Drowning With Suspected Cadaveric Spasm

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11/10/2025

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Case Report: Predation by a Herd of Domestic Pigs

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ptured saccular aneurysm on her farm. A herd of farm pigs had subsequently predated on the decedent, either while she was unconscious (perimortem), or after death (postmortem). The features of the predation are described, showing characteristics previously described in individual porcine attacks on....

11/10/2025

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Case Report
Dual Airway Compromise From Infantile Hemangioma and Laryngomalacia: Fatal Airway Obstruction Following Self-Extubation

https://journals.lww.com/amjforensicmedicine/fulltext/9900/dual_airway_compromise_from_infantile_hemangioma.310.aspx

25/09/2025

This , we are sharing our second feature in our “The Scalpel is Passed” collection from 2019 - “A Conversation with Dr. Marcella Fierro,” by Dr. James W. Fulcher.

Dr. Fierro is the former Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia from 1994 to 2008 and the ninth woman certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. She has been a consultant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Task Force on National Crime Investigation Center, Unidentified Persons and Missing Persons Files, Washington D.C., since 1983.

Dr. Fierro has served on the Editorial Board of AJFMP since 1979 and is also the inspiration behind protagonist Kay Scarpetta in Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels.

The full interview can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/AJFMPFierro

22/09/2025

🚨NEW EDITORIAL🚨
Published online ahead of print is “The Steadfast Importance of Belonging, Acceptance, and Intersectionality in Forensic Pathology and Death Investigation”

Link in ’s bio - take a read.

06/09/2025

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨
Our September 2025 issue’s Historical Review - “The Rokitansky Autopsy Method, Rediscovered” by Patrick Hansma, DO.

04/09/2025

Case Report
Fatal Asphyxia in the Head-down Position: An Uncommon Case of Accidental Work-related Death

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nance and stuck in the opening of the tank with his upper body inside and legs outside. He was unable to extricate himself, and rescuers, who arrived 2 hours later, found the victim dead. The forensic autopsy showed patterned external injuries corresponding to the edge of the opening of the tank, in...

30/08/2025

Illustrated Forensic Pathology
Sudden Neonatal Death Due to Primary Endocardial Fibroelastosis: Forensic Autopsy Findings

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29/08/2025

Case Report
Electric Desk: Advancement or Danger? An Autopsy Case Report

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r drugs, narcotics, and alcohol. From an autopsy perspective, we primarily observed pale, shape-defined skin imprints accentuated by cervicofacial congestion and livor mortis. No significant pathologic conditions were found, particularly cardiac conditions. Toxicologically, the absence of identifiab...