title: Postmortem angiography in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in a case of fatal hemorrhage due to an arterio-venous malformation in the brain.
abstract: Autopsy is the traditional gold standard for determining the cause and manner of death in a forensic death investigation. However, postmortem imaging plays an ever-growing role in preliminary examination, even replacing conventional autopsy in some cases. This case report presents a case of massive intra-axial brain hemorrhage due to an arterio-venous malformation. The cause and manner of death were exclusively determined by postmortem radiology. Based on radiological findings, the autopsy was considered redundant and cancelled by the public prosecutor.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: Sabine.Franckenberg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franckenberg
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stephan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bolliger
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gascho
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Thali
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190/52, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Patricia M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Flach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: AVM; Angiography; Arterio-venous malformation; Cerebral hemorrhage; PMCT; PMCTA; PMMR; PMMRA; Virtopsy