Incidental findings in post-mortem CT: Calcified ligamentum arteriosum

Legal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 313-315

  Ampanozi, Garyfalia ^a   Ruder, Thomas D ^a   Hatch, Gary M ^a   Bolliger, Stephan ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcification; Ligamentum arteriosum; Post mortem CT; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

AGED; AORTA; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIGAMENTUM ARTERIOSUM CALCIFICATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AUTOPSY; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957267349     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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