Germerott, Tanja; Flach, Patricia M; Furter, Matthias; Ampanozi, Garyfalia; Ruder, Thomas D; Thali, Michael J (2011). Fatal thoracic impalement on postmortem imaging. Legal medicine, 13(2), pp. 83-6. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.11.001
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)In the present paper, the authors describe a case of fatal thoracic impalement in a victim of a road traffic accident, by penetration of a metal handrail. The driver lost control of his car while overtaking three cars. Due to the force of the vehicle collision with a metal railing, the upper cross bar penetrated the front of the car and subsequently the driver was pierced by the center-pillar in the car. Death occurred at the scene of the accident. Postmortem, computed tomography, computed tomography angiography and a magnetic resonance tomography were performed and revealed severe heart destruction and hemorrhage as cause of death. The present case report shows that postmortem imaging might have value as a screening method to decide whether arising forensic questions can be answered just by imaging like in the presented case or if further examinations such as conventional autopsy are required.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine > Forensic Imaging |
UniBE Contributor: |
Germerott, Tanja, Flach, Patricia, Furter, Matthias, Ampanozi, Garyfalia, Ruder, Thomas, Thali, Michael |
ISSN: |
1344-6223 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:10 |
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05 Dec 2022 14:01 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.11.001 |
PubMed ID: |
21131226 |
Web of Science ID: |
000287789700005 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/1569 (FactScience: 203345) |
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