Demonstration of liver metastases on postmortem whole body CT angiography following inadvertent systemic venous infusion of the contrast medium

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-314

  O'Donnell, Chris ^a   Hislop Jambrich, Jacqueline ^a   Woodford, Noel ^a   Baker, Melissa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiography; Artifact; CT scanning; Histology; Liver metastases; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PARACENTESIS; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PARACENTESIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84863010162     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0669-7     Document Type: Article

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