Key result
Postmortem MSCT and MRI were superior to standard autopsy in demonstrating the extent and distribution of gas accumulation in intraparenchymal blood vessels and inaccessible body areas.
Case Report (n=1)
Postmortem MSCT and MRI are effective and potentially superior to standard autopsy for detecting and mapping gas accumulation in fatal scuba diving incidents.
The body of a 44-year-old scuba diver was examined using postmortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and findings were verified by subsequent autopsy. The goal was to find out whether the important pathomorphological findings for the reconstruction of events and the identification of cause and manner of death could be identified using modem digital cross-sectioning techniques. The findings of a massive vital decompression with pulmonary barotrauma and lethal gas embolism were identified in the radiological images. MSCT and MRI were superior to autopsy in the demonstration of the extent and distribution of gas accumulation in intraparenchymal blood vessels of internal organs as well as in areas of the body inaccessible by standard autopsy.
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PLATTNER et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Fatal scuba diving incident (n=1). Postmortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) vs. Standard autopsy was evaluated on Identification of pathomorphological findings for reconstruction of events and cause of death. Postmortem MSCT and MRI were superior to standard autopsy in demonstrating the extent and distribution of gas accumulation in intraparenchymal blood vessels and inaccessible body areas.
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