An unusual homicidal stab wound of the cervical spinal cord: A single case examined by post-mortem computed tomography angiography (PMCTA)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 254, Issue , 2015, Pages e18-e21

  Savall, Frederic ^a   Dedouit, Fabrice ^a   Mokrane, Fatima Zohra ^a   Rougé, Daniel ^a   Saint Martin, Pauline ^b   Telmon, Norbert ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Trousseau   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; NECK; POST MORTEM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; THORAX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; INJURIES; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 84939569353     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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