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Chris O'Donnell

MB BS, FRANZCR, M.Med, GradDipForMed, FFFPMI (RCPA)

Chris is a specialist necroradiologist and consultant forensic radiologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM), and adjunct senior lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University.  He also works as a clinical radiologist.  He installed one of the world’s first mortuary-based CT scanners at VIFM in 2005 and was lead radiologist in the Black Saturday bushfire DVI operation in 2009.  He has trained many local and international forensic pathologists and radiologists in post-mortem CT (PMCT).

Chris is convenor of an annual short course in PMCT interpretation for Monash University that has now become a unit of the Monash University Master of Forensic Medicine programme.  He provides expert opinion on forensic matters to the criminal justice system of Victoria and other states of Australia. He is past chair of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging, and is currently overseeing the installation of an MRI scanner into the mortuary at VIFM.

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Perineural spread of tumor along infraorbital nerve

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Apr 2018
77% complete
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Advanced scalp squamous cell carcinoma with invasion of the brain

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Published 02 Feb 2018
95% complete
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Gold weight prosthesis for blepharoplegia

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Published 13 Jun 2017
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Vitreous hemorrhage - spontaneous

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Published 29 May 2017
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MRI artifact - tattooed eyeliner

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Published 09 Mar 2017
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Sialolipoma left parotid

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Published 06 Mar 2017
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Labyrinthine schwannoma

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Published 06 Jan 2017
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Intra-conal orbital metastasis - breast cancer

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Published 25 Nov 2016
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Deossification of ossicles in chronic suppurative otitis media

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Published 20 Nov 2016
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Obstructed parotid duct: MR sialogram

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Published 29 Oct 2016
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Aliasing artifact causing a spurious cerebellar lesion

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Published 24 Oct 2016
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Metallic orbital foreign body on MRI

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Published 13 Aug 2016
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Acquired middle ear cholesteatoma

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Published 13 Aug 2016
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Cutis verticis gyrata

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Published 27 Jul 2016
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Vagal schwannoma

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Published 01 Jun 2016
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Vocal cord papilloma

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Published 24 Mar 2016
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Post cosmetic injection cheek nodules

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Published 10 Mar 2016
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Parietal skull vault thinning

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Published 17 Feb 2016
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Acute left otitis externa - swimmer's ear

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Published 14 Feb 2016
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Silicone cheek implants

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Published 22 Jan 2016
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Machete wound to the face

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Published 26 Dec 2015
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Chronic middle ear disease eroding into cranial cavity - (otogenic) cerebellar abscess and venous sinus thrombosis

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Published 25 Dec 2015
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Foreign body in external auditory canal

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Published 17 Dec 2015
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Torus mandibularis

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Published 12 Aug 2015
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Lacrimal gland lymphoma

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Published 06 Jul 2015
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Corneal foreign body

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Published 01 Jul 2015
77% complete
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Perineural spread of squamous cell carcinoma: infra-orbital nerve

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 13 Jun 2015
89% complete
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Orbital dermoid

  Diagnosis probable
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Published 23 Apr 2015
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Vocal fold silicone prosthesis

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 17 Mar 2015
87% complete
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Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma - neck lymph node

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 16 Mar 2015
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Lateral nasal abscess

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 02 Mar 2015
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Jugular paraganglioma

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Published 03 Feb 2015
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MRI of dreadlocks

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Published 19 Jan 2015
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Persistent stapedial artery

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 04 Jan 2015
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Osteoporosis circumscripta

  Diagnosis probable
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Published 01 Jan 2015
71% complete
CT Nuclear medicine
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Buphthalmos and phthisis bulbi

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 30 Dec 2014
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Cartilaginous nasal septum perforation

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 21 Dec 2014
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Penetrating injury to the globe

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 17 Dec 2014
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Right loin incisional hernia containing liver

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 22 Sep 2014
80% complete
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Tympanostomy tube

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Published 19 Sep 2014
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Tension pneumocranium post FESS - perforation of ethmoidal air cells

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Published 09 Sep 2014
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Depressed fracture of the frontal sinuses due to head butt

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 31 Aug 2014
80% complete
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Neck abscess in an IVDU

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 29 Aug 2014
62% complete
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Laryngeal rupture

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 03 Aug 2014
71% complete
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Recurrent cystic hygroma - adult

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Jul 2014
77% complete
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Marked hard plaque (tartar) and floating teeth due to severe periodontal disease

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 Jul 2014
80% complete
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Posterior frontal sinus erosion following chronic sinusitis

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 Jul 2014
95% complete
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Isolated medial blow-out orbital fracture: orbital and blepharal emphysema

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 28 Jun 2014
77% complete
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Upward transtentorial herniation due to cerebellar metastasis

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 Jun 2014
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Retrosternal goiter involving the Zuckerkandl tubercle

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 11 Apr 2014
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Acute otitis media: bulging tympanic membrane

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 17 Mar 2014
59% complete
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Laryngeal trauma - left submucosal glottic hematoma

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 15 Mar 2014
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Metastatic colorectal cancer to the frontal sinus

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 03 Mar 2014
77% complete
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Multiple scalp trichilemmal cysts (wens)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 15 Feb 2014
77% complete
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Neurostimulators for facial pain: underlying fibrous dysplasia

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Published 14 Feb 2014
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Chronic invasive fungal sinusitis with mycetoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 03 Feb 2014
78% complete
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Nasal balloon catheters for epistaxis

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 12 Jan 2014
78% complete
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Massive multinodular goiter causing venous obstruction

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 11 Jan 2014
78% complete
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Skull vault hemangioma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 11 Jan 2014
80% complete
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Lacrimal gland lymphoma

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 29 Dec 2013
92% complete
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Nasal foreign body

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Published 28 Apr 2013
91% complete
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Chicken bone (fibula) perforation of the pharynx

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 16 Jan 2013
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Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

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Published 04 Jan 2013
71% complete
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Peritonsillar abscess (quinsy)

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 21 Nov 2012
77% complete
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Dentigerous cyst in left maxillary antrum

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Published 20 Nov 2012
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Empty sella

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Published 08 Nov 2012
86% complete
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Traumatic laryngeal rupture

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 16 Oct 2012
80% complete
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Blow-out fracture right orbital floor

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Aug 2012
83% complete
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Nasolabial cyst

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 23 Jul 2012
77% complete
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Warthin tumor of parotid

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Jul 2012
82% complete
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Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 26 Jun 2012
74% complete
Nuclear medicine Ultrasound
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the pinna

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Jun 2012
50% complete
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Parapharyngeal schwannoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 08 Jun 2012
87% complete
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Pars tensa cholesteatoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 21 Mar 2012
62% complete
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Treated syringomyelia by occipital craniectomy

  Diagnosis almost certain
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Published 14 Mar 2012
71% complete
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Malignant meningioma (WHO grade III)

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 14 Mar 2012
50% complete
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Chronic submandibular sialolithiasis

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 26 Feb 2012
86% complete
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Torus palatinus

  Diagnosis not applicable
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Published 24 Feb 2012
48% complete
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Tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma

Chris O'Donnell
Published 22 Feb 2012
48% complete
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Brain death

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 22 Feb 2012
94% complete
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Epiglottic cysts

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Chris O'Donnell
Published 06 Feb 2012
92% complete
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Parotid duct strictures

  Diagnosis certain
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Published 20 Jan 2012
83% complete
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Spontaneous right internal carotid artery dissection

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Jan 2012
77% complete
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