[Indications of "post mortem" radiologic study in pediatrics (author's transl)].

The role of the radiological "post mortem" study (PMRS) is comment with special emphasis on the most important indications. The PMRS was performed in 959 children during five years. The PMRS do not pretend top be a substitute of the necropsy but a complement and in the case that the parents do not give the authorization for necropsy, the only tool for explain the cause of death.