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1
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Picture of red burnt foot, straight line of demarcation on ankle.

A

Immersion

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2
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Isopropanol is?

A

Twice as intoxicating as ethanol

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3
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What is the most common cause of death in the 24 hours following tonsillectomy?

A

Bleeding (other
choices aspiration pneumonia)

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4
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Slide: decomp man with elevated blood alcohol and this finding in kidney. Cause?

A

Poisoning (ethylene glycol)

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5
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How to calculate perimortem blood ETOH based on urine?

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Urine 1.3 to Blood 1.0

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6
Q

Man is assaulted and presents to the ED the following day with abdominal pain. He collapses and
undergoes vigorous resuscitation. At autopsy- marked CAD and anterior liver laceration with 450 cc
hemoperitoneum. What is COD?

A

heart disease

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7
Q

What kind of current is lightning?

A

direct, high

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8
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Two separate questions with images of pons, one gross, one luxol fast blue, both showing central
pontine myelinolysis, associated with?

A

Chronic EtOH

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9
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Gross picture of brain with periventricular plaques.

A

Autoimmune disease (MS)

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10
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REPEAT:

What type of ammunition is being shown?

A

ACP ammunition

core and jacket separate so you see small little balls of core and then the jacket

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11
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What is definition of stopping power?

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Police term

Stopping power is the ability of a firearm or other weapon to cause enough ballistic trauma to a target (human or animal) to immediately incapacitate (and thus stop) the target

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12
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Man with helium tank running into bag over head, mechanism of death?

A

Exclusion of oxygen

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13
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slide: Duodenum with black pigment on mucosal surface (?charcoal). What is cause of death?

A

poisoning

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14
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Best sample for Channelopathy testing?

A

EDTA tube (other choices fresh frozen heart, blood spot card)

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15
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Hypoxia in the perinatal period causes what change in the neurons?

A

Basophilia (other choices
karyorrhexis)

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16
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Xray of child’s head with small, radio-opaque round object (BB sized), ID.

A 
Low-velocity weapon vs
radiology marker (other choices high velocity weapon)
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17
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What chemical is a/w an elevated CO?

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methylene chloride (other choices methyl chloride, methyl bromide, ethylene chloride)

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18
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Why is benzidine used as a presumptive test for blood?

A

Sensitive and specific (other choices
nontoxic)

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19
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At what speed does a .38 caliber bullet penetrate the skin?

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About 200 ft/sec

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20
Q

How many CME credits per year do you need?

A

35

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21
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Picture of detached mandible with soft tissue removed, teeth have pink discoloration, cause?

A

Postmortem change

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22
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Armpit with charring/burns, what type of electrical injury?

A 
High voltage (other choices water
electrocution, low voltage)
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23
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Virtual slide: two hippocampi, one sclerotic. Result?

A

Epilepsy

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24
Q

Coronary artery dissection associated with?

A

peripartum

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25
Q

Slide of ARVD-COD?

A

Arrhythmia

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26
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Traumatic SAH is associated with?

A

Blow to neck

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27
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18 yo truck driver pulled from water with scalded-looking skin, burns on face, cause?

A

Burn from battery acid

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28
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What knife caused this wound?

A

Ricasso

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29
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Virtual slide: 2 day old infant with gross photo of mass around adrenal and this micro appearance

A

Neuroblastoma

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30
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slide: lung

A

coccidioides

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31
Q

Close up picture of child’s neck with dried yellow fold, and grouped vertically-oriented parallel
“abrasions”, cause?

A

Ligature vs serrated knife vs clothing

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32
Q

What is most important to examine in lightning death?

A

clothing

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33
Q

Which is last epiphysis to close?

A

Medial clavicle/proximal humerus (other choices included lateral clavicle, proximal radius, sacroiliac joint – always two given at once)

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34
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A 16 year old was at party, presented unresponsive to the ER with hyperthermia, most likely
intoxicant?

A

MDMA

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35
Q

Picture man with dicing injuries (versus road rash) on left side of forehead. What can you tell about
position in car?

A

driver

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36
Q

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy associated with?

A

age greater than 60

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37
Q

What is different about cocaethylene compared to cocaine?

A

more potent

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38
Q

Which medication causes agranulocytosis?

A

Clozapine

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39
Q

Mechanism of death in acute mountain sickness?

A

Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and/or Cerebral edema

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40
Q

Two photos, one showing head with hole in head and one with torso/extremities with penetrating
injuries, cause?

A

fireworks injury/blast injury (other choices included electrocution, gunshot wounds)

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41
Q

Picture of pretty normal looking GEJ, slightly blue – probably varices, person also has?

A

Coagulopathy

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42
Q

Cross section of lungs from homeless woman with numerous small nodules, consistent with?

A

TB

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43
Q

What is the test for GSR detecting?

A

Antimony, Bismuth, Lead, Nitrate, and Nitrite

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44
Q

How much voltage is in power lines?

A

7-8000 (high voltage)

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45
Q

Which body systems is benzene most toxic to (given 2)?

A

Brain and bone marrow (other choices liver
and kidney, heart and skin)

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46
Q

Picture of balcony with shoes and stepstool, manner of death?

A

suicide

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47
Q

One paired stab wound of chest, caused by?

A

scissors

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48
Q

Skeletal survey of infant with healing fracture of left radius/ulna, what is shown?

A

Remote injury
(other choices included normal, osteogenesis imperfecta)

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49
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Lady with blood coming out of her mouth, chemical burns like injuries described to her tongue esophagus and stomach. Pungent odor when opening the body.

A

Hydrogen sulfide

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50
Q

slide: young woman died suddenly with this liver. cause?

A

Eclampsia

showing liver with periportal necrosis

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51
Q

slide: woman with this finding in lung, cod?

A

drug overdose

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52
Q

What causes brown lividity?

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sodium chloride, inorganic nitrate, methemoglobinemia

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53
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Picture of whole kidney with triangular infarcts.

A

fat emboli

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54
Q

In postabsorptive phase, what site has lowest alcohol level?

A

Brain (very fatty, alcohol goes toward water)

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55
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slide: 32 year old woman dead, this finding in lung

A

Amniotic fluid embolism

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56
Q

What percent of hospitalized patient die from pulmonary emboli?

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5-10 percent

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57
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Which organ has lowest blood alcohol after equilibration?

A

brain

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58
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Four pictures of car-pedestrian impact, one of car with front headlight broken, person with 3 parallel
lacs to left occipital skull, stellate lac to right occipital skull, avulsion pocket left thigh, injury caused
by what type of impact?

A

Secondary (other choices primary, tertiary, quaternary)

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59
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Man pulled out of water after 3 days, bits of skin all chewed off, cause?

A

Anthropophagy

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60
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Cross-section of lung with apical blebs/honeycombing only, cause?

A

Smoking (other choices alpha-1
anti-trypsin)

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61
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Chasing the dragon, what is present in blood?

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Morphine (other choices pcp, cocaine)

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62
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What disease is characterized by basal ganglia calcification?

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Fahr’s disease

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63
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slide: 36 yo man with this heart finding. what would special stains show?

A

NOTHING

this is giant cell myocarditis

Difference with sarcoid is no granulomas and no necrosis

both would be negative with special stains

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64
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Body cavity showing adhesions between liver and chest plate (Fitzhugh Curtis syndrome), A/w?

A

pid

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65
Q

What chemical cannot be detected after embalming?

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cyanide

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66
Q

Pictures of house, father and son decomposing in separate rooms, and water heater with detached
line and lots of rust, what should emergency responders be careful for?

A

CO (other choices radon,
natural gas)

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67
Q

slide: what is this in lung?

A

fat embolism

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68
Q

REPEAT

micro: Testes of chronic alcoholic

A

Atrophy

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69
Q

Picture of an adult’s neck with a pink, scaly lesion.

A

Ringworm infection

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70
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slide: Child’s liver with microvesicular steatosis, cause?

A

Disorder of fatty acid oxidation

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71
Q

Picture of medial aspect pubic symphysis, very rough parallel lines, what is age?

A

Youngest they give

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72
Q

Picture of breasts with two stab wounds, cause?

A

Stab wounds/due to knife (other choices
therapeutic)

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73
Q

Cross section of kidney with changes c/w sepsis. ID

A

Cross section of kidney with changes c/w sepsis. ID

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74
Q

50 kg woman bleeds 1750 ml from a liver laceration. Is this sufficient to cause death?

A

Yes (70 cc/ kg of body wt = 3500 cc, so she’s lost half her blood volume)

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75
Q

Bullet in person is flat with mirror like surface, bullet most likely is?

A

ricochet

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76
Q

What is the most important factor in the damage caused by an electrocution?

A

amps

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77
Q

What organization assumes the central investigative role in airplane crashes?

Where are tox samples sent in plane crashes?

A

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Tox samples are sent to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

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78
Q

Purple contusion, what can you tell about age of injury?

A

nothing

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79
Q

Gross picture of diaphragm with plaques, due to?

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Exposure to crocidolite

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80
Q

What is vitreous alcohol after equilibration?

A

Same (other choices higher, lower than blood alcohol)

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81
Q

Man with bag over head and belt around neck with cloth underneath, MOD?

A

accident

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82
Q

Slide: 46 yo man found dead with this finding in brain

A

Neurocysticercosis

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83
Q

Child with zig-zag pattern on head, caused by?

A

Run over by truck

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84
Q

Nurse administers medication, patient has peaked T waves then dies, what did she give?

A

potassium

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85
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REPEAT

Microscopic photo of plant debris barried by bullet through body. What organ did it perforate?

A

Stomach

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86
Q

Blood cysts on heart valve

A

Blood cysts on heart valve

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87
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3 separate questions with pictures of striae of groin—

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stretch injury from pedestrian struck from
behind by vehicle (some people thought one of them was postmortem insect activity)

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88
Q

ragment of skull with yellow discoloration associated with?

A

Tetracycline

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89
Q

How long after trauma does fat embolism usually occur?

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1-3 days

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90
Q

Picture of emaciated baby, best test to determine mechanism of death?

A 
Vitreous electrolytes (other
choices GI sections, liver sections, BMI calculation)
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91
Q

Slide: 77 yo man found behind bar with this finding in brain. cause?

A

Trauma/contusion

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92
Q

Gross picture of heart with pericarditis. Organ system failing?

A

renal/GU

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93
Q

Picture of crack pipe, identify

A

Picture of crack pipe, identify

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94
Q

There will be pic of young woman with what look like sharp force injuries on face

A

PICK DOG BITE

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95
Q

What antipsychotic drug has been known to cause paralytic ileus and bowel obstruction (sometimes fatal) in schizophrenics?

A

Clozapine

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96
Q

Best way to determine shotgun gauge?

A

Examine wad (other choices weigh pellets)

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97
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Hands of black woman with clubbing of fingers, a/w?

98
Q

What is most common valvular cause of sudden death?

A

mitral insufficiency (other choices aortic stenosis, tricuspid insufficiency)

99
Q

Story about person got in a car accident, car caught on fire, picture of epidural hemorrhage over
right cerebral convexity, brown and crumbly.

A

Postmortem fire artifact (versus traumatic)

100
Q

Virtual slide: Woman from southeast Asia with cough/cold for 3-4 weeks, given antibiotics. COD?

A

PCP pneumonia

101
Q

slide: lung with marked fibrosis

cause?

A

Paraquat

other choices include berylliosis which would have granulomas

102
Q

Skull with fracture, hair embedded in fracture, how can you tell that fracture occurred before
skeletonization?

A

hair in crack

103
Q

Sudden death in sewer or tank associated with?

A

Exclusion of oxygen

104
Q

Picture of .25 expanding point bullet (lead and separate pellet – may have been an xray). ID

A

Picture of .25 expanding point bullet (lead and separate pellet – may have been an xray). ID

105
Q

What is the half life of carbon monoxide on room air?

106
Q

Slide: vet tech found dead in apartment, brain with empty holes. Cause?

A

Postmortem change

107
Q

Picture of birdshot with fairly tight spread, no central hole, wad mark, range?

A

5-10 feet (other
choices 12-20)

108
Q

Patients treated with vincristine die after what kind of inadvertent administration?

A

Intrathecal

109
Q

slide on EVERY TEST

Gunshot wound with maggot

A

postmortem change is answer

110
Q

At what depth does decompression sickness become a problem?

111
Q

Skeletal survey of infant with lipping of epiphyses.

112
Q

What is most useful in comparing a stab wound to a blade?

A

Cartilage marks (other choices wound width, wound depth)

113
Q

What is this ammunition?

A

Air Rifle Pellet

114
Q

slide: 11yo died acutely in hospital and had this finding in kidney. COD?

A

Dehydration and ATN

(other choices included lead poisoning and diabetes)

115
Q

Old man’s mouth with radiating red lines coming out, cause?

A

Gunshot wound of mouth (didn’t look
right, but other choices didn’t make sense)

116
Q

slide: what is this skin finding due to?

A

senile purpura

117
Q

Picture of elderly woman’s face with yellow punctate lesions, cause?

A

Postmortem/cockroach activity

118
Q

Flannel shirt with small white particles.

A

filler from buckshot

119
Q

Long QT syndrome associated with?

A

Spontaneous mutations (other choices family history of drowning, normal EKG in parents rules it out)

120
Q

Plastic bag on face, what is finding?

A

Moist face

121
Q

What ammunition?

A

Shotgun slug

notice c shape

122
Q

Purpose of carotid sleeper hold?

A

Compress both carotids, produce quick unconsciousness without
damage to trachea

123
Q

What is the purpose of a bullet cartridge?

A

prevent gas from escaping

124
Q

Iatrogenic air embolism from a central line requires what?

A

>100cc of air, 14 gauge needle, left lateral
decubitus position, head >30 degrees, PFO

*not sure of answer but first isn’t right because as little as 2-3 cc of air can cause it, you definitely don’t need a PFO….not sure

125
Q

Child’s skull with red discoloration and missing enamel on most teeth, evidence of?

126
Q

Picture of already shot, blue plastic cartridge with ruler, measures approximately ¾ inch, what is
ammunition?

A

12 gauge shotgun (other choices .410, .45, .22)

127
Q

What is the most common cause of death during liposuction?

A 
Anesthesia complication (other
choices fat emboli)
128
Q

What is the most likely to be injured in a bomb blast?

A

Lungs (other choices brain, liver)

129
Q

Picture of detached toenails with white lines across them (Mee’s lines). What is associated
symptom?

A

Peripheral neuropathy

130
Q

Hand with gold paint associated with?

131
Q

Xray of hyoid with unilateral non-fusion.

A

normal variant

132
Q

Cannulures on a bullet are used for?

133
Q

slide: two hearts with inflammation and myocyte destruction–one child with recent cold and one adult woman without symptoms. Cause?

A

Viral myocarditis

other choices included bacterial and acute MI

134
Q

Close up picture of child’s back and bottom with U-shaped scars, what are they?

135
Q

40 yo man with diabetes, hypertension, has a week of flu like symptoms, presents to hospital with
respiratory distress, rapid influenza negative, grows S. pneumo from lungs and dies, what test will
help you determine the proximate COD?

A

Influenza PCR (other choices blood culture)

136
Q

slide: 36 yo man found dead. Brain slide with what looked like vacuolization in the corpus callosum

A

Most thought inhalant abuse (solvent leukoencephalopathy causes demyelination of white matter)

Some thought Marchiafava-Bignami disease which is a demyelination of the corpus callosum specifically from chronic ethanolism

137
Q

Gross picture of brain with laminar necrosis. Associated with?

A

Hypoxia/anoxia

138
Q

What are changes in brain seen with boxing?

A

Atrophy of cerebrum and cerebellum (other choices old SDH)

139
Q

What would cause vfib?

A

110v alternating (other choices 110v direct, 7296v alternating, lightning)

140
Q

Picture of man with upper body hanging over railing, feet on floor, associated with?

141
Q

Brugada syndrome due to mutation in?

A

Na channel (other choices K channel)

142
Q

Time for adult skin to burn when exposed to water at 140-150?

A

Less than 5 sec (other choices 5-10 sec)

143
Q

Child with cockroach artifact on face.

A

postmortem

144
Q

slide: heart with this finding–underlying cause?

A

Transthyretin mutation

145
Q

Retractor artifact of axilla

A

Retractor artifact of axilla

146
Q

When does barotrauma occur?

A

rapid ascent

147
Q

Emphysema aquosum is associated with?

148
Q

Virtual slide: man assaulted within 24 hours-pons with hemorrhage around 4th ventricle and this finding. What was his initial presentation?

A

Coma (retraction balls from DAI)

149
Q

Picture of leg with postmortem rodent activity. ID

A

Picture of leg with postmortem rodent activity. ID

150
Q

Picture of person with two gunshot wounds of chest and multiple paired punctures, cause?

151
Q

Brain (gross) in coronal section showing random holes in basal ganglia.

A

Hypertensive CVD

152
Q

Question on current given 120 volts and 1000 Ohms

A

120 mA

A = V (volts) / R (ohms)

120 / 1000 = .012 A or 120 mA

153
Q

Man with round, dark brown, patterned lesion on center of chest, cause?

A

Artifact of medical
intervention

154
Q

Slide: what is this from?

A

Septic emboli in heart (IVDA)

155
Q

What is mechanism of death in inhalant abuse?

A

Cardiac arrhythmia

156
Q

Gross photo of brain in an elderly person with bacterial meningitis, ID.

A

Gross photo of brain in an elderly person with bacterial meningitis, ID.

157
Q

Hand of person buried in sealed casket for 5 years, covered with black substance, cause?

A

Mold

(other choices embalming artifact, ground water, thermal injury)

158
Q

Young man found dead in garage with face next to exhaust, car running, suicide note, CO level 13%,
COD?

A

Carbon dioxide poisoning

159
Q

Picture of man with rectangular abrasion on chest with central patterned abrasions and
contusions on arm, cause?

A

Struck steering wheel (other choices hit with 2x4, hit with pool cue,
caused by vehicle hood ornament, caused by vehicle grill)

160
Q

A couple questions on blank: whole blood alcohol content

161
Q

Gross picture of thyroid (in situ) with black discoloration.

A

minocycline

162
Q

Head with paired injuries, splitting of skin, skull with depressed fractures, consistent with?

A

claw hammer

163
Q

Photograph of crescentic, non-traumatic hymen

A

(normal variant)

164
Q

Slide: kidney with this finding–what to check?

A

Vitreous glucose

165
Q

What electricity scenario causes V Fib?

A

Low voltage, alternating current

166
Q

Micro slide: lung

A

aspergillus

167
Q

A pH strip that has complicated pattern and the container which shows pattern means pH 12. What is
gastric content?

168
Q

Child’s lips with red lesion with white and black center at corner of mouth affecting upper and lower
lip, lips edematous, cause?

A

Cigarette burn (other choices acid, alkali, electrical)

169
Q

Gross photo of lung with food in bronchus, associated with?

170
Q

Gunshot wound of right temple with stippling on shoulder, cause?

A

Cylinder gap

171
Q

Picture of face, top of head skeletonized, bottom with chunky, chalky white fat, cause?

A

Adipocere

(other choices mummification)

172
Q

Picture of muzzle flash suppressor injury with 6 petals – ID

A

Picture of muzzle flash suppressor injury with 6 petals – ID

173
Q

What can decontaminate CJD?

A

NaOH (other choices formaldehyde – not formic acid)

174
Q

Hemorrhage in the corpus callosum is associated with (this may have been an image, can’t
remember)?

A

Trauma (DAI)

175
Q

Woman with star shaped wounds on torso (4 points).

A

Hunting arrow

176
Q

What is the order of increasing penetration of radioactivity?

A

Alpha particles, beta particles, x-rays

177
Q

slide: seems like there will definitely be a slide of a dural adhesion but not sure what Q will be…

A

dural adhesion

178
Q

What is associated with hemoperiteneum and intussuscepted ileum?

A

Typhoid fever

179
Q

What can be seen with HIV encephalitis?

A

giant cells

180
Q

Which is fully jacketed?

A

22 magnum (other choices 22 short, 22 long rifle)

181
Q

Man’s face with red discoloration, sparing of mouth, lateral jaw, medial eyes, forehead, cause?

A

Radiant burns

182
Q

Need to ID what tooth a cap is on.

What is the name of teeth starting from front?

A

Central Incisor

Lateral Incisor

Cuspid

1st Bicuspid

2nd Bicuspid

1st Molar

2nd Molar

3rd Molar

Universal system starts numbering from right 3rd molar and goes around clockwise (as if you are looking AT patient)

183
Q

Cylinder blast mark (?cylinder gap) useful for calculating?

A

barrel length

184
Q

Face with gunshot wound with stippling that is large, somewhat irregular, cause of stippling?

A

Ball powder (other choices flake powder, filler from buckshot)

185
Q

best specimen for detecting cyanide in a decomp?

186
Q

Psilocybin comes from?

187
Q

slide: infant heart with this finding–cause?

A

Rhabdomyoma

188
Q

A woman dies of a small bowel obstruction, what history is most important to determining the
cause of death?

A

History of TAH/BSO in her 30s

189
Q

Body of alcoholic man with linear excoriations covering torso.

A

Pediculosis corporis

190
Q

slide: 36 yo day laborer who died-lung with inflammation including many giant cells

A

Farmer’s lung (characterized by non-necrotizing poorly formed granulomas)

other choices included berylliosis which would have well formed granulomas

191
Q

Picture of baby’s face with red nose and dried lips, cause?

A

Postmortem artifact

192
Q

In a blast injury, what are the bomb fragments considered?

A 
Secondary injury (other choices primary,
tertiary, quaternary)
193
Q

slide: this is an aorta–how old is lesion?

A

less than 7 hours

RBCs still intact and no hemosiderin laden macrophages

194
Q

Cross section of lung in homeless woman with prominent perivascular fibrosis, cause?

A

Intravascular
carcinoma (other choices TB)

195
Q

slide: what is this in the brain?

196
Q

Xray showing teeth in stomach

A

Blunt force trauma of head

197
Q

What is the cause of death in an enclosed space (ie well)?

A

carbon dioxide poisoning

198
Q

Laminar necrosis is associated with?

A

Barbiturate overdose and anoxia

3rd layer is most susceptible

199
Q

Gross picture of heart with many white plaques, young man.

200
Q

SLIDE: Liver with this finding…cause?

201
Q

Most common position in adults associated with positional asphyxia?

A

Neck hyperflexion

202
Q

Positional asphyxia in adults associated with?

A

intoxication

203
Q

FREQUENT REPEAT

What is this showing?

204
Q

Slide of heart with cytoplasmic clearing of all myocytes (hard to even ID as heart), cause?

A

Storage disease

205
Q

Gross picture of stomach with black spots?

A

Hypothermia

206
Q

What % of blood volume lost to cause shock?

A

33% (other choices 40%, 50%)

207
Q

slide: Woman with this lung finding?

A

pulmonary hypertension

this is a plexiform lesion

208
Q

Brain (gross) in coronal section showing caudate atrophy.

A

Huntington disease

209
Q

Virtual slide: 11yo girl dropped dead with this finding-diagnosis?

A

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

210
Q

What causes chloracne?

211
Q

What is this lesion in lung?

A

Pulmonary hamartoma

212
Q

What % carboxyhemoglobin to see cherry red livor?

213
Q

Picture of green, dilated colon and small intestines in person with diabetes, htn, anemia, COD?

A

Degenerative (other choices toxic, metabolic, infectious)

214
Q

Slide: 88yo man assaulted–brain with organizing hemorrhagic area, overlying cortex intact

215
Q

nfant with petechial rash on upper chest and neck, cause?

A

viral exanthema (versus asphyxia)

216
Q

not sure about this calculation, but in ALL the remembrances, the numbers are the same….

170 lb man drinks 86 proof alcohol. How many ounces to get maximum BAC of 0.1?

217
Q

Picture of elderly woman’s face with red burns. ID as burns

A

Picture of elderly woman’s face with red burns. ID as burns

218
Q

Tamponade, PE and rupture of chordate tendinae are associated with?

A

Pulseless electrical activity

219
Q

Velocity for bullet to penetrate skin?

220
Q

Man enters industrial storage tank and rapidly dies, cause?

A

Hydrogen sulfide

221
Q

REPEAT

Scombroid poisoning associated with eating?

222
Q

Spontaneous epidural hemorrhage in a child is most likely due to?

A

Coagulopathy (other choices
AVM)

223
Q

Torso with numerous small round punctures covering nearly entire chest in no particular pattern,
cause?

A

Icepick (other choices included birdshot)

224
Q

Picture of brain with SAH. What kind of trauma sustained?

A

blow to neck

225
Q

MICRO: What is this heart muscle showing?

A

Right ventricular dysplasia/ARVD

226
Q

At what age is primary dentition complete?

227
Q

Calculate ethanol level of zero after drinking certain amount….

228
Q

slide: Kidney with postmortem bacterial overgrowth, otherwise normal. Cause of death?

A

Sepsis (other
choices included lead poisoning, hyperosmolar coma, other things ruled out by normal kidney)

229
Q

What do you see in barotrauma?

A

Results in venous air embolism versus can be confined to lungs

230
Q

What does subpoena duces tecum mean?

A

Appear in court with documents

231
Q

Picture of transtentorial herniation

A

Picture of transtentorial herniation

232
Q

Multiple paired stab wounds of face, caused by?

A 
barbecue fork (other choices included pinking
shears)
233
Q

Thin man found decomposing in 70F home, no corneal clouding, rigor breaking, no abdominal
discoloration, how long dead?

A

<2 days (versus 2-3 days, versus longer)

234
Q

Skull with hyperostosis frontalis, what can you tell about decedent?

A

Postmenopausal (other choices
acromegaly, hypoparathyroidism)

235
Q

Slide: kidney with this finding–cause?

236
Q

Three stock jars, all over 1 year old, one with bright red contents, COD?

A 
house fire (other choices
included cyanide, but should be degraded by formalin)
237
Q

Number of deciduous teeth?

238
Q

75 yo woman dies after a 7 year h/o progressive dementia, hallucinations, constipation and frequent
falls. Most likely neuro disease?

A

Alzheimers with Lewy bodies

239
Q

Question about embalming and vitreous

A

a small amount of embalming fluid will enter the vitreous and create a minor dilution but the ethanol present in vitreous even after embalming can be considered antemortem

240
Q

The Hydro-Shok bullet is ID’d by its?

Forensic Pathology Board Exam (2 decks)

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