Citation

Berger N, Paula P, Gascho D, Flach PM, Thali MJ, Ross SG, Ampanozi G. Leg. Med. (Elsevier) 2013; 15(6): 329-331.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: nicole.berger@usz.ch.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Japanese Society of Legal Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.09.002

PMID

24112989

Abstract

We present a case of a postmortem finding of bone marrow edema in postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMR) indirectly induced by a bullet, which barely missed the bone of a 92year old man found kneeling in front of his bed of a tidy apartment. Additionally, a selective postmortem computed tomography angiography (PMCTA) of the left leg was performed, visualizing a laceration of the left femoral vein by the bullet with consecutive contrast media extravasation. A vast pulmonary fat embolism was diagnosed and together with the blood loss found to be the cause of death.

Language: en