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Smith H, Normal respiratory postmortem changes. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 26 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-62979
Normal respiratory postmortem changes refers to the expected changes seen in the respiratory system and tract with postmortem imaging.
Radiographic features
CT
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hypostasis occurs in the lung postmortem and is visible as a hyperdense gradient dependent with gravity which is bilateral and symmetrical 1,2
- endotracheal fluid is also common 1
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1. Ishida M, Gonoi W, Okuma H, Shirota G, Shintani Y, Abe H, Takazawa Y, Fukayama M, Ohtomo K. Common Postmortem Computed Tomography Findings Following Atraumatic Death: Differentiation between Normal Postmortem Changes and Pathologic Lesions. (2015) Korean journal of radiology. 16 (4): 798-809. doi:10.3348/kjr.2015.16.4.798 - Pubmed
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2. Shiotani S, Kobayashi T, Hayakawa H, Kikuchi K, Kohno M. Postmortem pulmonary edema: a comparison between immediate and delayed postmortem computed tomography. (2011) Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 13 (3): 151-5. doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.12.008 - Pubmed
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