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Environmental factors and daily suicides: a time series analysis Open
Background This study investigated the association between weather, air pollution, and suicide risk in Sousse. Methods A two-time series analysis examined suicide cases recorded in the forensic service of Farhat Hached University Hospital …
View article: Fatal falls from great height in Sousse (Tunisia): Study of 141 medicolegal autopsy cases.
Fatal falls from great height in Sousse (Tunisia): Study of 141 medicolegal autopsy cases. Open
In cases of high falls, a forensic autopsy is essential to make a complete evaluation of the injuries, to search a correlation between severity of injuries and height of the fall and finally to orientate towards the medico legal form of th…
Characteristics of violence against women in Kairouan, Tunisia, in 2017 Open
Violence against women represents a serious concern worldwide. In Tunisia, despite an advanced legislative framework, we still receive women victims of violence. This survey aimed to characterize the demographic and clinical profile of wom…
Pesticide poisoning deaths: a 19-year retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies in center Tunisia Open
Background Pesticide poisoning is recognized as an important public health problem worldwide, especially in the developing countries, such as Tunisia, where these products are massively used in agriculture. The objective of our study was t…
Sudden death due to spontaneous right ventricular rupture: exceptional complication of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy Open
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is characterized pathologically by a loss of myocytes and replacement by adipose and fibrous tissue [1,2].The clinical presentation of ARVC is highly variable, including asymptomatic
Case of Massive Hydatid Pulmonary Embolism Incidentally Discovered in a 56-Year-Old Woman with Posttraumatic Abdominal Pain Open
Hydatid pulmonary embolism rarely occurs. It arises from the rupture of a hydatid heart cyst or the opening of a visceral hydatid cyst into the venous circulation. We report a case with pulmonary hydatidosis resulting in a massive bilatera…
Massive Pulmonary Embolism as a Rare Cause of Sudden Infant Death: Medico-legal Implications Open
Sudden death in infants by pulmonary embolism is rarely reported and is often poorly described in literature. We report the case of an eight-month infant, without past medical history who was admitted into the Emergency Department of a Per…
Suicide Among Adolescents in Center Tunisia: An 18-Year Autopsy Study Open
Background: Suicide and suicide attempts are more common among adolescents. Many factors are known to influence suicide in particular: region and culture. Adolescent suicide has been widely studied in many countries, but there are, current…
Isolated double chambered right ventricle as a rare cause of sudden death in infancy Open
Isolated double-chambered right ventricle (DCRV) is a rare form of congenital heart disorder in which the right ventricle is divided into a high-pressure inlet portion and a low-pressure outlet portion by an anomalous muscle bundle. Rarely…
Reckless formalin injection in the eyelid instead of local anesthetic: case report Open
Accidental injection of formalin is certainly rare, but it has serious consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality. We report a case of severe ophthalmic damage due to an accidental formalin's injection in the eyelid of a three-year-o…
Infant acute myocarditis mimicking acute myocardial infarction Open
Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with heterogeneous clinical manifestations and progression. In clinical practice, although there are many methods of diagnosis of acute myocarditis, the diagnosis remains an embarras…