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LIMBAL DERMOID
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PTERYGIUM
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When there is neurotization. When you see that the Not really abnormal because as we grow old,
nevocytes from the superficial are ovoid and they cholesterol deposits in every part of the body. When
become elongated as they go deeper, it is an it deposits around the eye, it is called xanthelasma
indication that they undergone maturity
STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME
XANTHELASMA
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II. NEOPLASTIC LESIONS OF THE EYE ● It can cause proptosis accompanied by severe
visual loss
RECKLINGHAUSEN NEUROFIBROMATOSIS ● In parotid gland this is what we call your
pleomorphic adenoma
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PAPILLOMA OF CONJUNCTIVA
Papilloma is benign.
There will be finger-like projections or papillae, ample
● Blood supply will be engorged due to exophytic eosinophilic cytoplasm, and well-defined cell
growth borders, supported by fibrovascular core.
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Papilloma in the bulbar area is the same papilloma Meniongiothelial cells are squamoid in appearance,
elsewhere. large, with abundant eosinophilic patterns. They can
do whirls on themselves, giving rise to specific
The complex pattern may simulate carcinoma. If it is
pathognomonic findings called meningothelial swirls.
benign, the rule is, it is up to secondary branching.
But sometimes, secondary will branch again into Can be big or small, composed of squamous cells
tertiary or quarternary, then it becomes complex. that turn around in itself.
It is a little difficulty for us to ascertain if it is benign
or malignant. Hence, this is a pass around case. CARCINOMA IN SITU OF CONJUNCTIVA AND
Meaning, it will have implications on the patient. CORNEA
Of course! Something that is a papilloma, the lesion
should be removed, but something that is a papillary
carcinoma, the eye has to go. That is why we need
to be very, very careful!
MENINGIOMA OF ORBIT
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dysplasia through carcinoma in situ is designated ● You will notice that we ink all together because
as conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia. that’s going to be our margin.
● Squamous papillomas and conjunctival ● You will notice that a cream white, ill-defined
intraepithelial neoplasia may be associated with infiltrating mass is very near the (inaudible)
the presence of human papillomavirus types 16 The mass is already impounding on the globe,
and 18. perhaps the patient is already experiencing pain and
vision loss.
When it becomes invasive, we call it “Squamous cell
carcinoma, invasive, primary to the eye” It can even surround the orbit.
Squamous cell carcinoma of conjunctiva may look
like squamous cell carcinoma of the skin,
esophagus, urinary bladder, etc.
It can be as large as this… (Upper picture)
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● Plugs of necrotic tumor fill central portions of Melanoma in the eyes looks like melanoma
duct-like tubular masses of neoplastic tissue. elsewhere
The necrotic areas are at the center of this
You know it’s melanoma due to the presence of
malignant nest. Sebaceous carcinoma, arise
melanin
from the meibomian gland.
Very rare
Uveal and choroidal melanoma have propensity to
metastasize
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EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
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FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
Dr. Billena
Dec 3, 2022
1:30-3:30 PM 4.2
OUTLINE 3
I. GENERALITIES OF DEATH
II. GUNSHOT WOUNDS
III. SHARP FORCE TRAUMA
IV. BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
V. SPECIAL SCENARIOS
VI. CASES
FORENSIC SCIENCE
● Autopsy (MD) ● Assault is in the top 10 causes of death in
● Serology (RMT) the Philippines
● Chemistry (RC)
● Ballistic (POLICE) REPORTABLE DEATHS
● CSI (POLICE) ● Alleged malpractice
● Associated with or as a result of diagnostic,
FORENSIC SCIENCE DISCIPLINES therapeutic or anesthetic procedures
● Maternal deaths from abortion
● Unattended by a physician
● Stillbirth 20 weeks or more unattended by a
physician
● Infant or child whose medical history does not
establish a pre-existing medical condition
● Neglect
● Possibly directly or indirectly attributable to
environmental exposure or workplace factors
● Infectious or contagious illness that may
represent an epidemic disease
NATURAL DEATH
● When cremation is to be performed
● Caused by the interruption and failure of body CERTIFIER
functions resulting from age or disease. The ● The physician/coroner/medical examiner who
most common cause of death indicates the cause of death on a death
certificate.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH ● He/She signs and attests that in his/her opinion
● Caused by unplanned events (car accidents) death resulted from the causes stated to the
best of his/her knowledge.
SUICIDE AUTOPSY PROCEDURE
● When a person kills themselves on purpose ● External examination
(hanging myself) ● Internal examination
● Organs are weighed and dissected
HOMICIDE ● Tissue samples taken by MDs and processed
● The death of one person by another person by MTs
(shooting someone) ● Disease processes, malformations,
deformations, infections, injuries
● Livor Mortis.
This is what you
should always
remember. The
moment you see
this, the person
is already dead
● Still
putrefaction
SHARP WOUNDS
● This is a one
sided sharp
weapon.
● This is a
single-edge
● The entry and the exit are almost in the blade stab
same location. So this is a grazing bullet. wound in which
● It entered from the right and exited in the left. there is a "hilt"
mark at the left.
The sharp blade
edge is at the
right.
ABRASIONS
● Superficial
linear marks on the ● Sometimes a sudden deceleration injury in a
skin vehicular accident produces a tear in the aorta.
The This usually happens just distal to the great
directions of vessels.
which are very ● The tear leads to sudden loss of blood and
important in the shock.
investigation of ● Complete sign out of the case:
crime scenes Hypovolemic shock secondary to aortic tear
secondary to sudden deceleration injury
Case 1
● A 56 year old physician, together with other
physicians, went on a summer outing fully-
sponsored by a drug company. While snorkeling,
● Do not sign out as drowning the patient complained of chest pain and
● For example, person died in salt water, (right eventually lost consciousness. Despite several
photo) you will see microphyto and zoo attempts of resuscitation, the patient died.
planktons in the froth in the mouth and nostrils ● His wife, who happens to be a doctor as well, is
Sometimes we need to open the trachea suing the drug company for negligence. She
and fish this out and look it up on a claims that the company did not provide life
microscope guards for the participants.
● Complete sign out of the case:
Asphyxia secondary to submersion injury
Case 2
● A 65 year old lady, known hypertensive, was
with her son on a long haul flight from South
America to the Philippines. After several hours
of flight and the plane was about to land at NAIA,
the lady suddenly stood up and went to the
bathroom where she lost consciousness and
● In the areas of the infarct, we can see it is was found dead minutes later.
● The son is planning to sue the plane company
substituted by fibrosis
for not having an onboard physician for the flight.
● Muscles are non replaceable, you will die
with that particular muscle already
Case 6
● 2 year old boy, being watched over by a newly-
hired yaya and known to incessantly cry, was
brought to the ER unconscious and limp.
Twenty minutes later, he was pronounced dead.
● The mother is suspected that the newly-hired
yaya physically assaulted the child, thus an
autopsy was performed.
Case 7 References:
● A 68 year old male, a month after returning from Dr. Billena’s presentation and audio recording
a dream vacation in the tropics, presented to the
emergency room with seizures. Despite
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS
● Molecular diagnostics was described as the ● Karyogram
detection of variations in the genome in order to
detect, diagnose, and monitor response to THE HUMAN GENOME
therapy. It stems from the collaboration between ● the human genome consists of ~3 billion bp and
laboratory medicine, genomics, and the 30,000-35,000 genes (haploid state)
technology in the field of molecular genetics, ● it would fill about 150,000 phone book pages
which contribute to the identification and with A's, T's, G's, and C's
characterization of various diseases that is vital ● a disorder can be caused by variation in one or
for accurate diagnosis, response, and treatment more base pairs (among the 3
(Patrinos et al., 2017). ● billion)
● The discovery of the duplex structure of the ● the challenge is partly one of scale (needle in a
DNA in 1953 as well as the mechanism to haystack)
replicate, transcribe, and translate itself opened
several doors the revolutionized not only the THE CENTRAL DOGMA
area of medicine, but all of biology. This would
lead to advances in recombinant DNA
technology, diagnotic assays, and sequencing.
● And since 1989, as more of the human genome
was being discovered due to the efforts to
sequence the entire human genome, new
technologies were developed to better decode
the biological mechanisms that are increasingly
made available.
● Laboratories began to adapt better technologies
for accurate diagnostics, risk assessment,
therapeutics, response to outbreaks, and
preventative and personalized medicine
(Demidov, 2003).
TYPES OF PROTEINS:
TYPE EXAMPLES
Structural Tendons, cartilage, hair
nails
Contractile muscles
Transport Hemoglobin, myoglobin
Storage Milk, nuts, seeds
Hormonal Insulin, growth hormone
Enzyme Catalyzes reactions in
cells
Protection Immune response