Adipocere in postmortem imaging using multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

被引：19

作者：

Jackowski, C

Thali, M

Sonnenschein, M

Aghayev, E

Yen, K

Dirnhofer, R

机构：

[1] Univ Bern, Inst Forens Med, IRM, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

[2] Univ Bern, Inselspital, Inst Forens Med, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY | 2005年 / 26卷 / 04期

关键词：

forensic science; forensic radiology; virtopsy; virtual autopsy; noninvasive autopsy; postmortem imaging; computed tomography; autopsy imaging; adipocere;

D O I：

10.1097/01.paf.0000188091.11225.38

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];

学科分类号：

0301 ; 10 ;

摘要：

A body was found in a local river almost completely converted into adipocere. The corpse was identified as a 78-year-old male who was missed for 13 months. It was assumed that he committed suicide by drowning. The postmortem imaging findings utilizing multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in this virtopsy case are presented with special focus on the radiologic appearance of adipocere. The loss of signal in MRI and hyperdensities in MSCT up to 1000 Hounsfield units, as well as the increased assessment of the intracranial structures compared with traditional autopsy, are presented.

引用

页码：360 / 364

页数：5

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