Duret hemorrhage: Demonstration of ruptured paramedian pontine branches of the basilar artery on minimally invasive, whole body postmortem CT angiography

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-440

  Chew, Ka Lip ^a   Baber, Yeliena ^a   Iles, Linda ^a   O'Donnell, Christopher ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiography; CT scanning; Duret hemorrhage; Pontine arteries; Postmortem; Rupture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867650242     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9329-y     Document Type: Article

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