The case of determining the species, gender, age and race of the skull with congenital multiple developmental anomalies

Abstract

In forensic medicine, a reconstructive victim profile is a widely used procedure for providing individual data in cases of complex identification of a person. The most valuable data such as gender, age, origin and height are obtained from skeletal and dental analyses. Deformed skulls require special expert attention during the forensic examination of bone remains. Unusual skull shapes are usually formed with certain diseases (hydrocephalus, craniostenosis, rickets), various kinds of injuries or as a result of artificial (intentional) changes in the shape of the head. The detection of cranial deformity has a great forensic importance in identifying a person, allowing you to further outline the range of diseases that an unknown person could have suffered during his lifetime. The article describes a rare forensic case of identification of a human skull with congenital multiple developmental anomalies. During the forensic medical and forensic examination, the deceased had a history of signs of a rare disease characterized by the formation of a specific deformation of the skull. A comprehensive assessment of the data is very important when conducting forensic medical studies aimed at helping investigative authorities to identify human remains.

Sudden infant death syndrome as a result of thymic-lymphatic dysgenesis

“…Thus, the average mortality rate from SIDS per 1000 births is: in Japan -0.25, the Netherlands -0.3, Russia -0.4, Great Britain -2.3, Germany -1.6, Austria -1.0, Italy -0.5, the USA -2.8, in Russia -0.43 per 1000 children [2]. In Kazakhstan, the infant mortality rate in 2021 was 8.41, but the data on deaths of children from SIDS were not allocated to a separate category [3].Thymic-lymphatic status (Latin: Status Thymico-Lymphancus) is a condition of the body characterized by pathological hyperplasia of the thymus gland or in combination with generalized hyperplasia of the entire lymphoid tissue, including lymph nodes, palatine tonsils, spleen, as well as atrophic changes in the adrenal glands, causing sudden death from influences whose strength is inadequate to a fatal outcome [4]. Thymic-lymphatic status was the background of the underlying disease, contributing to the development of sudden death syndrome [5,6].…”