Use of postmortem computed tomography to reveal an intraoral gunshot injuries in a charred body

Legal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 286-288

  Sano, Rie ^a   Hirawasa, Satoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Susumu ^a   Shimada, Takehiro ^a   Awata, Sachiko ^a   Takei, Hiroyuki ^b   Otake, Hidenori ^b   Takahashi, Keiko ^a   Takahashi, Youichiro ^a   Kominato, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

A charred body; Intraoral gunshot; Postmortem computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BULLET; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOUTH CAVITY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PERFORATION; PHARYNX; RADIUS FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AUTOPSY; BURNS; CADAVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 80054871624     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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