Sand and sea: Think CT! Benefits of PMCT in drowning cases - 23/04/24

Doi : 10.1016/j.aolm.2024.200482

Kevin Mahe ^a,^b,^⁎ , Joseph Benzakoun ^c,^d,^e,^{^{1
All the co-authors are members of the French group of forensic imaging Groupe de recherche en autopsie virtuelle et imagerie thanatologique (GRAVIT).}}, Fabrice Dedouit ^d,^{^{1
All the co-authors are members of the French group of forensic imaging Groupe de recherche en autopsie virtuelle et imagerie thanatologique (GRAVIT).}}, Douraied Ben Salem ^f,^{^{1
All the co-authors are members of the French group of forensic imaging Groupe de recherche en autopsie virtuelle et imagerie thanatologique (GRAVIT).}}, Guillaume Gorincour ^g,^{^{1
All the co-authors are members of the French group of forensic imaging Groupe de recherche en autopsie virtuelle et imagerie thanatologique (GRAVIT).}}, Eric Dumousset ^h,^{^{1
All the co-authors are members of the French group of forensic imaging Groupe de recherche en autopsie virtuelle et imagerie thanatologique (GRAVIT).}}, Florence Vincent ^i,^{^{1
All the co-authors are members of the French group of forensic imaging Groupe de recherche en autopsie virtuelle et imagerie thanatologique (GRAVIT).}}, Mathilde Ducloyer ^j,^k,^{^{1
All the co-authors are members of the French group of forensic imaging Groupe de recherche en autopsie virtuelle et imagerie thanatologique (GRAVIT).}}
^a Forensic Department and Department of Radiology, Pierre-Zobda-Quitman University Hospital, Martinique, France
^b Department of Radiology, Raymond-Poincaré University Hospital, Garches, France
^c Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), Inserm U1266, IMA-BRAIN, université Paris Cité, 75014 Paris, France
^d Forensic Department, Toulouse University Hospital, 31000 Toulouse, France
^e Service d’imagerie, GHU-Paris psychiatrie et neurosciences, hôpital Sainte-Anne, 75014 Paris, France
^f Forensic Imaging Unit, LaTIM, UMR 1101, University Brest, Brest University Hospital, 29609 Brest cedex, France
^g ELSAN, clinique Bouchard, Marseille, France
^h Department of Radiology, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
ⁱ Department of Radiology, Rouen University Hospital, 76000 Rouen, France
^j Forensic Department, Nantes University Hospital, 44093 Nantes, France
^k Department of Radiology, Nantes University Hospital, 44093 Nantes, France

^⁎Corresponding author.

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Summary

We present an example of the typical positive images of drowning on post-mortem computed tomography before discussing the relevance of each of them for the diagnosis of drowning in a forensic setting.

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Keywords : Post-mortem computed tomography, Drowning, Sinus filling