15-OR: Multi-phase postmortem CT angiography of pulmonary embolism: technique-related artefacts or real findings?

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15-OR: Multi-phase postmortem CT angiography of pulmonary embolism: technique-related artefacts or real findings?
Titre de la conférence
Annual Congress of the International Association of Law and Forensic Science (IALFS)
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Perini A., Grimm J., Egger C., Bruguier C., Silingardi E., Grabherr S.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April, 1-3, 2014
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Date de publication
2014
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anglais
Résumé
Multi-phase postmortem CT angiography (MPMCTA) is recognized as a valuable tool to explore the vascular system, with higher sensitivity than conventional autopsy. However, a limitation is the impossibility to diagnose pulmonary embolism (PE) due to post-mortem blood clots situated in pulmonary arteries. The purpose of this study was to explore an eventual possibility to distinguish between real PE and artefacts mimicking PE.
Our study included 416 medico-legal cases. All of them underwent MPMCTA, conventional autopsy and histological examination. We selected cases presenting arterial luminal filling defects in the pulmonary arteries. Their radiological interpretation was confronted to the one of autopsy and histological examination. We also investigated an eventual correlation between artefacts in pulmonary arteries and those in other parts of the vascular system.
In 123 cases, filling defects of pulmonary arteries were described during MPMCTA. In 57 cases, this was interpreted as artefact and in 4 cases as suspected PE. In 62 cases only a differential diagnosis was made. Autopsy and histology could clearly identify the artefacts as such. Only one case of real PE was radiologically misinterpreted as artefact. In 6 of the 62 cases with no interpretation a PE was diagnosed. In 3 out of 4 suspected cases, PE was confirmed. We found out that filling defects in pulmonary arteries are nearly always associated to other vascular artefacts. Therefore, we suggest following some rules for radiological interpretation in order to allow a reliable diagnosis of pulmonary embolism after MPMCTA.
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14/07/2014 11:51
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