Assessment of the relationship between drowning and fluid accumulation in the paranasal sinuses on post-mortem computed tomography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3953-3955

  Kawasumi, Yusuke ^a   Kawabata, Tomoyoshi ^a   Sugai, Yusuke ^a   Usui, Akihito ^a   Hosokai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sato, Miho ^a   Saito, Haruo ^a   Ishibashi, Tadashi ^a   Hayashizaki, Yoshie ^a   Funayama, Masato ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drowning; Forensic medicine; Paranasal sinuses; Postmortem changes; Spiral computed; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DROWNING; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXILLARY SINUS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARANASAL SINUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHENOID SINUS;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUIDS; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 84869877653     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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