Chatzaraki Vasiliki, Bolliger Stephan A, Thali Michael J, Eggert Sebastian, Ruder Thomas D
Department of Forensic Medicine and Imaging, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Bern, Freiburgstrasse, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2017 Sep;13(3):367-371. doi: 10.1007/s12024-017-9880-7. Epub 2017 Jun 7.
A case is presented in which pre-autopsy postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) revealed an unexpected brain abscess with a related frontal sinusitis and an erosion of the posterior wall of the frontal sinus. PMCT findings enabled the forensic pathologists to adapt protective measures during autopsy and protect their health from infection. Pre-autopsy PMCT has been also useful in the early differential diagnosis procedure. The complementary use of postmortem imaging and autopsy can improve the quality of forensic death investigations.
本文介绍了一个病例,尸检前的尸体计算机断层扫描(PMCT)显示出一个意外的脑脓肿,伴有相关的额窦炎和额窦后壁侵蚀。PMCT的结果使法医病理学家能够在尸检期间采取保护措施,保护他们的健康免受感染。尸检前的PMCT在早期鉴别诊断过程中也很有用。死后成像和尸检的互补使用可以提高法医死亡调查的质量。