Table 1 Overview of group I patients presenting good agreement of results in pmCT and autopsy (DD = differential diagnosis)
ID | Cause of death - pmCT | Cause of death - autopsy | Region of death causing injury |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | subtotal amputation pelvic half/thigh amputation os ilium, open book fracture | amputation pelvis with consecutive blood loss | Skeletal system |
7 | brain steem bleeding, incarceration foramen magnum avulsion cervical myelon (C1/2) | basal skull fracture, brain bleeding, incarceration of medulla oblongata | head/neck |
8 | Multiple trauma: complex dislocated fracture skull/foramen magnum, subarachnoidal bleeding, ventricle tamponade brain edema, incarceration suspected aortic root rupture, hematothorax, lung contusion, Tension pneumothorax, disruption pericardium/heart | multiple trauma: destruction of basal skull, disruption of pons/medulla oblongata, ventricle tamponade, diffuse intracerebral bleeding disruption of lung/pericardium/heart, rupture of aortic root, hematothorax | head/neck chest |
13 | intracerebral, subdural, subarachnoidal bleeding brain edema, basal incarceration | bloody destruction, herniation frontal/temportal lobe with so-called intravital brain necrosis | head/neck |
14 | impression fracture skull brain edema, incarceration lung contusion DD signs of aspiration | brain injury with occipital impression fracture, brain contusion, brain edema blood aspiration lung | head/neck chest |
16 | brain edema atlas ring fracture, dislocated dens axis, intraspinal bleeding avulsion vertebral artery, suspected marrow injury cervical spine | gaping disconnection 1st and 2nd cervical vertebrae, atlas ring fracture with rupture upper cervical marrow | head/neck |
18 | brain edema due to oxygen lack (drowning) lung edema, fluid filled major airways | signs of drowning lung/distal airways brain edema | chest |
22 | bilateral rib fractures pleural effusion, bilateral hematothorax | bilateral rib fractures, hematothorax, pleural effusion with circulatory failure due to inner bleed to death | chest |
26 | signs of increased intracranial pressure, midline shiftintracranial bleeding, incarceration foramen magnum skull base fracture bony destruction pelvis | skull base fracture, subdural bleeding, signs of increased intracranial pressure, beginning incarceration complex destruction of bony pelvis, soft tissue hematoma retroperitoneal due to rupture internal iliac artery | head abdomen/pelvis |