Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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SHR Neuro Krebs Kardio Lipid Stoffw Microb
Ozdoba, C; Weis, J; Plattner, T; Dirnhofer, R; Yen, K.
Fatal scuba diving incident with massive gas embolism in cerebral and spinal arteries.
Neuroradiology. 2005; 47(6):411-416
Doi: 10.1007/s00234-004-1322-z
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- CT and MRI have the potential to become useful adjuncts to forensic autopsy in the near future. The examination of fatal injuries facilitates a profound experience in the clinical-radiological examination of these cases; the more severe findings in corpses with autopsy verification can help one to understand the tiny signs seen in clinical cases of surviving victims. We present the case of a 44-year-old male diver who died from severe decompression sickness after rapid ascent from approximately 120 m. Post-mortem CT and MRI studies of the brain and spinal cord revealed extensive gas inclusions in cerebral arteries, spinal arteries and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces, while the intracranial venous sinuses remained unaffected. These findings were confirmed at autopsy. Appropriate imaging techniques can help forensic pathologists to aim their autopsies at findings that might otherwise remain undetected.
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- Adult -
- Decompression Sickness - complications
- Diving - adverse effects
- Embolism, Air - etiology
- Fatal Outcome -
- Humans -
- Intracranial Embolism - etiology
- Male -
- Spinal Cord - blood supply
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- scuba diving
- gas embolism
- post-mortem imaging