Aleksandra Borowska-Solonynko

Medical University of Warsaw · Forensic

Autopsies of exhumed bodies pose a risk of infections with environmental bacteria or fungi, which may be life-threatening. Thus, it is important to use effective methods of disinfection in forensic pathology facilities. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of no-touch automated disinfection (NTD) system after autopsies of exhumed bodies...

Thoracic transverse process fractures (TTPFs) are injuries that go unnoticed during traditional autopsies, as demonstrated by a lack of medicolegal publications regarding TTPFs. However, postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) has made detection of this type of injury easy. Thus, the goal of our study was to analyze the significance of TTPFs in the c...

The detection of intracranial gas (ICG) in people who died due to trauma became possible once postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) became available in addition to traditional post-mortem examinations. The aim of this study was to determine the importance of ICG in the context of medico-legal opinions. We assessed 159 cases of trauma-induced death....

Due to their anatomical location, occipital condylar fractures (OCFs) are usually not observed during traditional autopsies and are therefore considered a rare injury. The aim of this study was to determine the true frequency of OCFs using post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) in traumatic casualties. We retrospectively analyzed 438 PMCT studies o...

Purpose The purpose of the work is to show and compare three reported cases of Excited Delirium Syndrome, which happened in Warsaw, Poland, from 2013 to 2017. We compared the results of three autopsy and toxicological findings of unexpectedly deceased males and the circumstances of their death, based on the police records. Results There were no si...

Postmortem CT for investigating childhood deaths is increasingly utilised as a noninvasive adjunct or alternative to standard autopsy; however there are no standardised published imaging protocols. This article describes a standardised imaging protocol that has been developed based on current practices of international postmortem imaging practition...

Toxoplasmosis was linked to impairment in brain function, encompassing a wide range of behavioral and neuropsychiatric changes. Currently, the precise localization of Toxoplasma gondii in the human brain is limited and the parasite DNA was not found in population-based screening of autopsy cases. The aim of proposed study was to identify the presen...

Although the number of car accidents in Poland is decreasing each year, the number of suicides is increasing at the same time. The real number of suicides can be higher than reported in official statistics because some car accidents can be actually suicides. According to literature, some characteristics of the event itself and the psychophysical co...

Evaluation of two suicidal helium inhalation cases is presented, comprising both conventional autopsy methods and postmortem computed tomography. Conventional postmortem examinations reveal no characteristic changes. Modern diagnostic techniques enabled to disclose the presence of a very large amount of accumulated gas in all examined areas, includ...

Suicide behind the steering wheel of a car is a relatively rare discovery, particularly if the cause of death is hanging. Therefore, such events give rise to suspicions that third parties were involved. This paper presents a case of hanging on the threshold of a car door, although what was taken into consideration during the investigation was suici...

A number of world literature reports indicate that a latent Toxoplasma gondii infection leads to development of central nervous system disorders, which in turn may lead to altered behavior in the affected individuals. T. gondii infection has been observed to play the greatest role in drivers, suicides, and psychiatric patients. Studies conducted fo...

Aim of the study: To present the most popular types of tattoos, their meaning and classification, and to assess the suitability of different forms of tattoos in the process of identification of corpses of unknown identity. Material and methods: The tattoos found on 729 cadavers who underwent post mortem examinations at the Department of Forensic...

Measurements of optical translucency of human skulls were carried out. An incandescent light source and a CCD camera were used to measure the distribution of light transmitted through the skull in 10 subjects post-mortem. We noticed that intra-individual differences in optical translucency may be up to 100 times but inter-individual translucency di...

Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) is gaining popularity in forensic medicine. Computed tomography routinely performed in clinical medicine involves intravenous contrast administration. Unfortunately, postmortem examinations are typically limited to uncontrasted CT scans, where blood vessels and their potential injury sites are invisible. One se...

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to analyze the incidence of acetone and isopropanol in the blood of the deceased, and to assess cases in which the compounds have been detected with a focus on their origin and usefulness for medico-legal testimony. Material and methods: The study material consisted of results of tests detecting ethyl alcohol...

Forensic pathologists are often called upon to determine the mechanism and severity of injuries in living individuals. Such expert testimony is often based solely on hand-written clinical notes. The victims' injuries may also be visualized via three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of computed tomography (CT) images. This method has certain benefits...

The paper presents two case reports of living victims, in which imaging studies of the chest conducted at a medical facility were an essential part of the medico-legal opinion. The first case was that of a young male hospitalized due to CT evidence of bilateral rib fractions, who claimed to have been assaulted by police officers. The other case was...

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to determine expectations of public prosecutors towards forensic professionals participating in external examinations of dead bodies performed at the site of finding the corpses. The presence of forensic physicians on the crime scene was recognized as advantageous by all prosecutors; however, expectations...

BACGROUND: It has recently been shown that the behavioural effects resulting from latent T. gondii infection in immunocompetent people could pose as a threat to their welfare. AIM. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of T. gondii infection in a group of people who died suddenly in Warsaw and its vicinity. The studied group (n = 169...

This paper was prepared in view of consultative difficulties which occur during autopsies of bodies found at the seat of fire. The most difficult problem in such cases is establishing--in absence of typical signs of intravitality--whether the deceased was alive during the fire and inhaling the fire atmosphere; especially when the concentration of c...

The paper is a review of the most current academic literature published in the English language and addressing the effect of alcohol consumption on the severity of injuries, prognosis and mortality with special emphasis placed on the consultative usefulness of such publications. The report was inspired by repeated questions asked in association wit...

Celem przeprowadzonej ankiety było poznanie oczekiwań prokuratorów wobec uczestnictwa medyków sądowych w oględzinach zwłok na miejscu ich ujawnienia. Wyniki przeprowadzonej ankiety wskazują, że Prokuratorzy uznają obecność lekarzy medycyny sądowej na miejscu ujawnienia zwłok jako istotną, przy czym oczekiwania wobec oględzin nie korespondują z możl...

A time-gated intensified CCD camera was applied for time-resolved imaging of light penetrating in an optically turbid medium. Spatial distributions of light penetration probability in the plane perpendicular to the axes of the source and the detector were determined at different source positions. Furthermore, visiting probability profiles of diffus...

The study focused on cases of perinatal deaths of infants delivered out of hospital. The objective of the investigation was to determine the number of such cases in the Warsaw region, focusing in particular on suspected infanticides, evaluate the most frequent causes of death of children born out of hospital and determine possibilities and limitati...

The objective of the study was to assess the usefulness of macroscopic criteria for determining the age of subdural hematoma (SDH) and, additionally, the effect of other than time-related factors on the evolution of SDH in a prospective study. The analysis included the results of forensic autopsies' performed in the Chair and Department of Forensic...

The objective of the study was to assess the usefulness of selected microscopic changes for determining the age of subdural hematoma (SDH). The research was based on microscopic examination of histopathological preparations representing SDHs collected in the course of 76 forensic autopsies performed in the Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine,...

The aim of the study was to analyze the influence of epidural analgesia (EA) on the course of labor. The study group consisted of 191 women with EA ("walking anesthesia"). 209 women without EA were chosen for controls. All the patients delivered at the 1st Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. T-test and chi2 test...

The repot describes a case of death of an 11-year old boy who died due to fatal accidental hanging from a noose at the attic floor.

The aim of the study was to analyze the course of labor of grand multiparas (4 deliveries and more) in comparison to multiparas (2 or 3 deliveries). A group of 400 grand multiparas were included in the study and compared with a group of 393 multiparas. All the deliveries took place in the City Hospital in Puck in the years 1998-2002. The age of par...

The aim of the study was to find out parturients' evaluation of epidural analgesia (EA) during labor and factors influencing their opinion. 100 women, aged 26-42, who gave birth at I Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Warsaw, filled in a specially prepared inquiry. Primiparas contributed to 87% of the study group. The results were analyzed...