Common Postmortem Computed Tomography Findings Following Atraumatic Death: Differentiation between Normal Postmortem Changes and Pathologic Lesions.
10.3348/kjr.2015.16.4.798
- Author:
Masanori ISHIDA
1
;
Wataru GONOI
;
Hidemi OKUMA
;
Go SHIROTA
;
Yukako SHINTANI
;
Hiroyuki ABE
;
Yutaka TAKAZAWA
;
Masashi FUKAYAMA
;
Kuni OHTOMO
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. masanoriishida@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
- Keywords:
Autopsy imaging;
Forensic radiology;
Postmortem CT;
Postmortem imaging
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged;
Autopsy/instrumentation/*methods;
Brain/pathology/radiography;
Female;
Forensic Medicine/instrumentation/*methods;
Gastrointestinal Tract/pathology/radiography;
Heart/radiography;
Humans;
Lung/pathology/radiography;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Myocardium/pathology;
Postmortem Changes;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/*methods
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2015;16(4):798-809
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Computed tomography (CT) is widely used in postmortem investigations as an adjunct to the traditional autopsy in forensic medicine. To date, several studies have described postmortem CT findings as being caused by normal postmortem changes. However, on interpretation, postmortem CT findings that are seemingly due to normal postmortem changes initially, may not have been mere postmortem artifacts. In this pictorial essay, we describe the common postmortem CT findings in cases of atraumatic in-hospital death and describe the diagnostic pitfalls of normal postmortem changes that can mimic real pathologic lesions.
