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Declining immunoglobulin A production in prostates of men with AIDSH J Carson
Department of Pathology, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403, USA
Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 6:981-2. 1999..Prostate sections from nondiseased men were positive for IgA, while prostate sections from AIDS patients were essentially negative for IgA. Diminishing secretory IgA production may represent a characteristic of AIDS...
Optic nerve trauma with unilateral edema as a result of head injuryHenry J Carson
Office of the Jackson County Medical Examiner, 660 E 24th Street, Kansas City MO 64108, USA
J Forensic Leg Med 17:283-4. 2010..5% of automobile accidents and assaults. Other causes of optic nerve trauma and edema include tumors, osteopetrosis, or reaction to a peripheral hemodialysis shunt...
A fatality involving an unusual route of fentanyl delivery: Chewing and aspirating the transdermal patchHenry J Carson
Office of the Jackson County Medical Examiner, Kansas City, MO, USA
Leg Med (Tokyo) 12:157-9. 2010..The novel findings include a chewed patch, aspiration of a drug patch, and combination with an illicit drug at potentially lethal blood levels for both methamphetamine and fentanyl in a novice user...
Unexpected death following single blow to the orbitHenry J Carson
Linn County Medical Examiner s Office, Cedar Rapids, IA 52411, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 31:370-2. 2010..Alcohol is reported sometimes to have a neuroprotective effect in head injury. The present case illustrates an extreme conclusion of an otherwise-routine head trauma...
Dyads of father and son suicide separated by time and circumstancesHenry J Carson
Linn County Medical Examiner s Office, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 31:80-2. 2010..Copycat suicide is well-documented in high-profile cases. The effect of father-son relationships is likely closer and more influential than celebrity suicides...
Identification at autopsy of pulverized pills in lungs of a first-time methadone userHenry J Carson
Linn County Medical Examiner s Office, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
J Forensic Leg Med 16:494-6. 2009..The decedent fit a profile of a victim of prescription drug abuse, for whom the mode of administration of drugs may be altered from intended use in as many as 80% of cases...
Mast cell tryptase in a case of anaphylaxis due to repeat antibiotic exposureHenry J Carson
Leg Med (Tokyo) 11:234-6. 2009..The case suggests that in a patient with autoimmune disease, it may be prudent to test for immune reaction to a drug before administering it a second time via pinprick or other method...
Brain trauma in head injuries presenting with and without concurrent skull fracturesHenry J Carson
Weland Clinical Laboratories, 1911 1st Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406, USA
J Forensic Leg Med 16:115-20. 2009..Brain injury of some kind occurred in 90% of cases of head trauma, so a high level of suspicion should be placed in seeking skull fractures or brain injury...
Death from undiagnosed glioblastoma multiforme and toxic self-medication presenting with concurrent dysfunctional behaviorHenry J Carson
Staff Pathologist, Weland Clinical Laboratories, 1911 1st Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406, USA
J Forensic Leg Med 15:395-7. 2008....
Massive internal injury in the absence of significant external injury after collisions of passenger vehicles with much larger vehiclesHenry J Carson
Weland Clinical Laboratories, 1911 1st Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406, USA
J Forensic Leg Med 15:219-22. 2008..We speculate that collisions between passenger vehicles and very large vehicles generate massive internal injuries by transmission of force through the victims...
Classes of drugs and their prevalence in multiple drug intoxication in suicides and accidentsHenry J Carson
Weland Clinical Laboratories, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406, USA
Leg Med (Tokyo) 10:92-5. 2008..These data suggest profiles that may help elucidate manner of death in indeterminate cases of death from MDI...
Metastasis of colonic adenocarcinoma to the external ear canal: an unusual case with a complex-pattern of disease progressionHenry J Carson
Department of Pathology, Mercy Medical Center, 701 10th St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403, USA
Ear Nose Throat J 84:36-8. 2005..The significance of such wide-ranging metastases is that metastasis of adenocarcinoma to the ear did not signal imminent death, and relief of the hearing loss it caused was possible...
Visceral botryomycosis in a case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditisHenry J Carson
Department of Pathology, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403, USA
Hum Pathol 36:117-9. 2005..Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is an organism that is becoming identified in a range of infections in humans, the manifestations and pathophysiology of which are still being discovered...
Coronary arteritis diagnosed at autopsy: three case reports and review of the literatureH J Carson
Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 21:349-53. 2000..Coronary arteritis is an important finding in forensic pathology and merits consideration in a case of unexplained death...
Death from asthma associated with sertraline overdoseH J Carson
Department of Pathology, Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 21:273-5. 2000..Additional observations in the future will be useful in assessing the role of this class of drugs in patients with asthma...
Patterns of ecchymoses caused by manner of death and collateral injuries sustained in bruising incidents: decedent injuries, profiles, comparisons, and clinicopathologic significanceHenry J Carson
Linn County Medical Examiners Office, 930 1st Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, USA
J Forensic Sci 55:1534-42. 2010..Therefore, ecchymoses may be a surrogate marker to direct the pathologist to continue to seek a cause of death should be seen, even if the case, otherwise, appears to be indeterminate...
Carbon monoxide poisoning without cherry-red livorH J Carson
Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403, USA
Am J Forensic Med Pathol 22:233-5. 2001..The medicolegal and social consequences of such misclassification can be significant, and psychiatric history, which may be useful to surviving family members, could be lost...
