Fatal scuba diving incident with massive gas embolism in cerebral and spinal arteries

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 411-416

  Ozdoba, C ^a   Weis, J ^a,b   Plattner, T ^a   Dirnhofer, R ^a   Yen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas embolism; Post mortem imaging; Scuba diving

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DOUBLE CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 22844440119     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-004-1322-z     Document Type: Article

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