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Learning from the living to diagnose the dead - parallels between CT findings after survived drowning and fatal drowning.
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Learning from the living to diagnose the dead - parallels between CT findings after survived drowning and fatal drowning.

  • Hourscht C Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Christe A Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Diers S Department of Radiology, Northland District Health Board, Whangarei Hospital, Whangarei, 0148, New Zealand.
  • Thali MJ Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Ruder TD Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Bern, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland. thomas.ruder@northlanddhb.org.nz.
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  • 2019-01-11
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  • Forensic science, medicine, and pathology. - 2019
Aspiration
Computed tomography
Drowning
Edema
Forensic radiology
Drowning
Humans
Lung
Middle Aged
Respiratory Aspiration
Survivors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
English A case of survived drowning is presented where CT findings of the lungs were in keeping with several findings seen on post-mortem CT (PMCT) examination after fatal drowning. These findings include interlobular septal thickening, peribronichal cuffing, mosaic pattern ground glass opacities, and perivascular nodular ground glass opacities. The absence of confounding normal post-mortem changes allows for a discussion on subtle differences between findings related to aspiration and pulmonary edema after drowning. This case represents a learning opportunity for radiologists and pathologists challenged by the complex lung findings after drowning on PMCT.
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