Radiological stab wound channel depiction with instillation of contrast medium.
The radiological depiction of stab wounds in soft-tissues using multislice computed tomography is difficult and the hereby obtained images often lack contrast. To overcome these shortcomings we tried a new method. We gently instilled the contrast medium Lipiodol((R)) Ultra-fluide into five experimentally induced stab wounds on a pork haunch. Subsequent MSCT reconstructions of the wounds delivered clear, for medical laymen easily appreciable images regarding the stab direction and the stab depth. We believe that this easy and rapid technique can be useful in the examination of stab wounds in living and dead victims of sharp trauma.
University of Bern, Centre for Forensic Imaging and Virtopsy, Institute of Forensic Medicine, IRM, Buehlstrasse 20, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland. stephan.bolliger@irm.unibe.ch <stephan.bolliger@irm.unibe.ch>
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D000818:Animals; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D049429:Forensic Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D023421:Models, Animal; D013552:Swine; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
D003287:Contrast Media; D007459:Iodized Oil