Radiopaque stomach contents in postmortem CT in suicidal oral medication intoxication: Report of three cases

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-168

  Aghayev, Emin ^a   Jackowski, Christian ^a   Christe, Andreas ^a,b   Thali, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Forensic radiology; Stomach contents; Tablet remains; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

CLOTIAPINE; DIMENHYDRINATE; NARDYL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRIMIPRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EPILEPSY; EX VIVO STUDY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH RADIOGRAPHY; SUICIDE; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; TABLETS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIMIPRAMINE; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77649179057     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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