title: Subtentorial Meningioma Misdiagnosed as Cerebral Hemorrhage in Postmortem Computed Tomography Imaging: A Case Report.
abstract: This report presents a case of a 52-year-old man who had a traffic accident and died later. External examination could not determine the cause of death. Approximately 3 weeks later, an autopsy was performed. Postmortem computed tomography was performed before the autopsy. Postmortem imaging was interpreted to show hemorrhage beneath the tentorium, and the C5 to C6 (the fifth and sixth cervical vertebra) disc space was widened. During the autopsy, a cervical spinal cord injury was confirmed. However, a meningioma was found under the tentorium instead of a hemorrhage. There are a number of reasons that include postmortem changes that affected the virtopsy diagnosis, which still needs development.
authors.affiliation: From the *Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai, China; and †Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Zhengdong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Donghua
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Maowen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Yijiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed