Virtopsy--fatal motor vehicle accident with head injury.

Aghayev, Emin; Thali, Michael; Jackowski, Christian; Sonnenschein, Martin; Yen, Kathrin; Vock, Peter; Dirnhofer, Richard (2004). Virtopsy--fatal motor vehicle accident with head injury. Journal of forensic sciences, 49(4), pp. 809-813. Wiley

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A man wearing no protective helmet was struck by a motor vehicle while riding a bicycle. He was loaded on his left side, and the impact point of his head was his occiput on the car roof girder. He was immediately transported to the general hospital, where he passed away. Postmortem examination using multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) revealed an extensively comminuted fracture of the posterior part and the base of the skull. Observed were deep direct and contrecoup brain bruises, with the independent fractures of the roof of the both orbits. Massive subdural and subarachnoidal hemorrhage with cerebral edema and shifting of the mid-line towards left side were also detected. MSCT and autopsy results were compared and the body injuries were correlated to vehicle damages. In conclusion, postmortem imaging is a good forensic visualization tool with great potential for documentation and examination of body injuries and pathology.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute for Evaluative Research into Orthopaedic Surgery
UniBE Contributor:	Aghayev, Emin, Thali, Michael, Jackowski, Christian, Yen, Kathrin, Dirnhofer, Richard
Subjects:	600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISSN:	0022-1198
Publisher:	Wiley
Language:	English
Submitter:	Antoinette Angehrn
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2015 11:24
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:49
PubMed ID:	15317200
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/72533