Micro computed tomography features of laryngeal fractures in a case of fatal manual strangulation

Legal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue , 2016, Pages 85-89

  Fais, Paolo ^a   Giraudo, Chiara ^b   Viero, Alessia ^c   Miotto, Diego ^c   Bortolotti, Federica ^a   Tagliaro, Franco ^a   Montisci, Massimo ^c   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Larynx fractures; Micro CT; MSCT; Strangulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FRACTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX FRACTURE; MALE; MANUAL STRANGULATION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROFRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRANGULATION; CARTILAGE FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HYOID BONE; INJURIES; LARYNX; NECK INJURY; PROCEDURES;

ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84957922403     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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