Use of postmortem computed tomography to reveal acute subdural hematoma in a severely decomposed body with advanced skeletonization

Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-34

  Sano, Rie ^a   Hirasawa, Satoshi ^a   Awata, Sachiko ^a   Kobayashi, Susumu ^a   Shimada, Takehiro ^a   Takei, Hiroyuki ^b   Takahashi, Yoichiro ^a   Kominato, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advanced skeletonization; Postmortem computed tomography; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPOSITION; EYE EXAMINATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THERMAL SPRING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871031859     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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