title: Postmortem computed tomographic (PMCT) and postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMRI) demonstration of fatal massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture.
abstract: We report a case of fatal massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in which postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMRI) provided clear delineation. In this case, the autopsy imaging system using PMCT and PMMRI was useful as a screening method to determine the cause of death as AAA rupture and became a guide for the subsequent autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki 305-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiotani
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Chigusa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Masatsune
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atake
authors.forename: Mototsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Noriyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications*; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed