ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2015
Whole-body post-mortem computed tomography angiography of a newborn revealing transposition of great arteries.
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- Postmortem CT angiography of fetuses, infants and children up to 12 years old a systematic review and conceptual decision tree.International journal of legal medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Postmortem CT angiography in infants and young children (pedPMCTA): Technical feasibility and emerging forensic insights from a 30-case study.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Pediatric forensic postmortem computed tomography: basics to advanced.Pediatric radiology · 2025Review
- Pediatric postmortem CT angiography: validation of vascular access for PMCT angiography in stillbirths, babies and toddlers.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024Article
- How to report perinatal and paediatric postmortem CT.Insights into imaging · 2024Review
- A forensic case of hydranencephaly in a preterm neonate fully documented by postmortem imaging techniques.Forensic sciences research · 2023Article
- Towards multi-phase postmortem CT angiography in children: a study on a porcine model.International journal of legal medicine · 2018Article
- Modern post-mortem imaging: an update on recent developments.Forensic sciences research · 2017Review
- Multi-phase post-mortem CT-angiography: a pathologic correlation study on cardiovascular sudden death.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2016Article
- Performance of post-mortem CT compared to autopsy in children.International journal of legal medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
The number of medico-legal post-mortem examinations referring to newborns is considerably low: In the case of the Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine of the author's origin, the autopsy rate of such cases is less than 1%. Even experienced forensic pathologists can find the technical autopsy procedure of a newborn quite difficult. Post-mortem imaging using unenhanced post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) gives only a limited opportunity to help in conventional autopsy examination. By adding contrast medium (CA) administration, we can significantly expand diagnostic capabilities. However, the post-mortem computed tomography angiography (PMCTA) technique has already been developed mostly in adult death cases (as considerably much more frequent), and no standardised protocol for examination of children exists. The authors present the dual-phase PMCTA examination of a newborn by manual CA administration using the access to umbilical vessels (vein and artery) unveiling transposition of the great arteries (TGA). The results are presented as multiplanar reformatted (MPR) images and three-dimensional (3D) images by volume/surface-rendered reconstructions, giving a contribution towards proving the value of forensic imaging in post-mortem examinations of heart and vascular malformations in newborns.
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