Citation

Jackowski C, Thali M, Sonnenschein M, Aghayev E, Yen K, Dirnhofer R. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2005; 26(4): 360-364.

Affiliation

Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland. christian.jackowski@irm.unibe.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16304472

Abstract

A body was found in a local river almost completely converted into adipocere. The corpse was identified as a 78-year-old male who was missed for 13 months. It was assumed that he committed suicide by drowning. The postmortem imaging findings utilizing multislice computed tomography (MSCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in this virtopsy case are presented with special focus on the radiologic appearance of adipocere. The loss of signal in MRI and hyperdensities in MSCT up to 1000 Hounsfield units, as well as the increased assessment of the intracranial structures compared with traditional autopsy, are presented.

Language: en