Thali Yannick A, Bolliger Stephan A, Hatch Gary M, Ampanozi Garyfalia, Thali Michael J, Ruder Thomas D
Center of Forensic Imaging and Virtopsy, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Leg Med (Tokyo). 2011 May;13(3):142-4. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.12.002. Epub 2011 Jan 26.
We describe a case of exhumation, performed to investigate the circumstances and cause of death, one year after burial. Post mortem computed tomography (PMCT) revealed a mass in the pharynx. Imaging directed the subsequent forensic autopsy to careful retrieval of a foreign body. Histological analysis revealed a non-cellular composition. The detection of foreign material in the pharynx and its composition indicated accidental, rather than natural death, secondary to choking on food. This unusual case illustrates how post mortem imaging can significantly contribute to forensic investigation and stresses the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration between forensic pathologists and radiologists.
我们描述了一例挖掘尸体的案例，该案例是在埋葬一年后进行的，目的是调查死亡情况和死因。尸体计算机断层扫描（PMCT）显示咽部有一个肿块。影像学检查指导了随后的法医尸检，以便仔细取出异物。组织学分析显示其为非细胞成分。咽部异物及其成分的检测表明，这是一起因食物窒息导致的意外死亡，而非自然死亡。这个不同寻常的案例说明了尸体成像如何能对法医调查做出重大贡献，并强调了法医病理学家和放射科医生之间跨学科合作的重要性。
