Postmortem computed tomographic (PMCT) demonstration of fatal hemoptysis by pulmonary tuberculosis: Radiological-pathological correlation in a case of rupture of Rasmussen's aneurysm

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-122

  Hamano, Jun ^a   Shiotani, Seiji ^a   Yamazaki, Kentaro ^b   Suzuki, Masatsune ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroichi ^a  

^a TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tsukuba Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatal hemoptysis; Forensic radiology; Postmortem CT; Rasmussen's aneurysm; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASPIRATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AUTOPSY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 2442661270     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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