Post-mortem CT appearances in pulmonary blast injury secondary to shotgun suicide

Publication date: Available online 23 March 2015 Source:Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging Author(s): Siobhan McLaughlin , Ralph Bouhaidar Blast lung injury is a well documented barotrauma pulmonary pressure insult, often seen in victims and survivors of high pressure extrinsic explosions, such as those caused by extrinsic explosive devices or gas leaks. In this case we present a case of blast lung injury secondary to internal barotrauma, namely suicide by intra-oral shotgun use, and provide correlative post-mortem CT and autopsy images.
Source: Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging - Category: Radiology Source Type: research