Virtopsy: CT and MR imaging of a fatal head injury caused by a hatchet: A case report
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- 作者：Garyfalia Ampanozi ; Thomas D. Ruder ; Ulrich Preiss ; Kerstin Aschenbroich ; Tanja Germerott ; Laura Filograna ; Michael J. Thali
- 关键词：Axe ; Hatchet ; Fatal head injury ; Forensic imaging ; Virtopsy
- 刊名：Legal Medicine
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：September 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：12
- 期：5
- 页码：238-241
- 全文大小：637 K
文摘
Hatchet blows to the human skull often cause fatal injuries. We present a case of homicide by hatchet blow that underwent CT, MRI, and autopsy examination. Skull fragmentation, fracture lines, and brain injuries were demonstrated prior to autopsy. Many of the hatchet-specific characteristics (flaking, crushing, shattering, and fracture lines) described in literature were observed in the post-mortem imaging of this case.