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Case Reports
. 2007 Nov;9(6):314-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.04.006. Epub 2007 Jun 12.

Virtopsy: fatal stab wounds to the skull--the relevance of ante-mortem and post-mortem radiological data in case reconstructions

L Oesterhelweg  1 , S Ross, D Spendlove, C A Schoen, A Christe, M J Thali, S A Bolliger
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Virtopsy: fatal stab wounds to the skull--the relevance of ante-mortem and post-mortem radiological data in case reconstructions

L Oesterhelweg et al. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2007 Nov.

Abstract

Homicides with a survival of several days are not uncommon in forensic routine work. Reconstructions of these cases by autopsy alone are very difficult and may occasionally lead to unsatisfying results. For the medico-legal reconstruction of these cases, ante-mortem and post-mortem radiological imaging should always be included in the expertise. We report on a case of fatal penetrating stab wounds to the skull in which a case reconstruction was only possible by combining the radiological ante- and post-mortem data with the autopsy findings.

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