Criminal gunshot wound and iatrogenic tension pneumothorax detected by post-mortem computed tomography

Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 154-156

  Hasegawa, Iwao ^a   Heinemann, Axel ^a   Tzikas, Antonios ^a   Vogel, Hermann ^a   Püschel, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gunshot related wounds; Iatrogenic tension pneumothorax; Post mortem imaging; Subclavian vein

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POST MORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RIB; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX WALL; CASE REPORT; CRIME VICTIM; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

AUTOPSY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84898737323     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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