Dorota Samojłowicz

University of Warsaw | UW · Center for Forensic Science

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...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is characterized by various micro- and macrostructural neuropathological changes which can be identified in the light microscope examination. The most common pathophenotype of TBI visualized in postmortem neuropathological assessment includes neuron injury with involvement of all of its structural regions followed by it...

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...

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...

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...

Nitrogen causes environmental asphyxia by displacing oxygen in the air leading to death. The study presents a case of a death of a driver death who was transporting flasks with liquid nitrogen that depressurized during an accident. The mechanism and cause of death were determined based on the result of the autopsy and histopathologic examination. T...

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...

Azot należy do gazów duszących fizycznie. Wyparcie tlenu z powietrza przez azot w zamkniętym pomieszczeniu może prowadzić do zgonu. Przedmiotem pracy jest analiza przypadku zgonu kierowcy transportującego pojemniki z ciekłym azotem, które w wyniku wypadku drogowego rozszczelniły się w kabinie pojazdu. Analizy dokonano pod kątem ustalenia mechanizmu...

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...