Cerebral computed tomography in drowning victims.
Computed tomography in two patients who had drowned revealed bilateral basal ganglia and medial temporal lobe low densities. Postmortem examination in one case showed these areas to be necrotic, probably secondary to the hypoxia and hypotension associated with drowning.
D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004332:Drowning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed