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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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Progressive fatty liver and hepatic cysts

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 07 Feb 2018
95% complete
CT
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Bile leak from accessory duct(s) of Luschka post cholecystectomy

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Feb 2017
80% complete
CT
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Caput medusa

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 04 Jan 2017
90% complete
CT Annotated image
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Sister Mary Joseph nodule in umbilical hernia

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Aug 2016
95% complete
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Intrahepatic portal vein-hepatic vein fistula

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 30 Mar 2016
89% complete
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Retained calculi in aberrant cystic duct stump causing obstructive jaundice

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Mar 2016
95% complete
Ultrasound MRI
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Inflammatory hepatic adenoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Mar 2016
78% complete
CT MRI
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Endoscopic pancreatic duct stent for chronic stricture

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 05 Feb 2016
92% complete
X-ray Fluoroscopy MRI
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Perforated gallbladder with subcapsular biloma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Jun 2015
65% complete
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Focal fatty sparing of the liver

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Jun 2015
77% complete
CT Ultrasound
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Gallbladder perforation secondary to acute cholecystitis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Jun 2015
92% complete
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Hepatic congestion secondary to right heart failure

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 07 Jun 2015
95% complete
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False negative hepatic CT for metastases - "fatty" liver

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Feb 2015
81% complete
CT MRI
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Gallbladder carcinoma

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 07 Jan 2015
66% complete
Ultrasound
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Hepatic contusion - importance of the arterial phase

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 01 Oct 2014
80% complete
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Falciform ligament and ligamentum teres outlined by ascites

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 31 Aug 2014
82% complete
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Chronic subcapsular hepatic hematoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 04 Jun 2014
65% complete
CT
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Spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Mar 2014
92% complete
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Gallstone ileus

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Feb 2014
95% complete
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Fatty liver (steatosis)

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 26 Feb 2014
92% complete
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Pancreas divisum - recurrent acute pancreatitis

Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Jan 2014
62% complete
Annotated image CT
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Hepatic adenomatosis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Jan 2014
85% complete
CT MRI
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 11 Jan 2014
79% complete
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Failed TIPS procedure

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Jan 2013
89% complete
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Intercostal catheter tract through the liver

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Dec 2012
80% complete
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Cystic duct leak post cholecystectomy (CT cholangiogram)

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Dec 2012
92% complete
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Sarcoidosis associated obstructive jaundice

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Oct 2012
65% complete
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Amiodarone hepatotoxicity

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Oct 2012
58% complete
CT
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Ampullary neoplasm: histology unknown

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 23 Oct 2012
56% complete
CT
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Gallbladder empyema

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 06 Oct 2012
65% complete
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Gallbladder sludge

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 18 Sep 2012
82% complete
Ultrasound
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Portal venous gas due to small bowel infarction

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 12 Sep 2012
86% complete
CT
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Malignant biliary obstruction - Courvoisier sign

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 18 Aug 2012
89% complete
CT Ultrasound
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Acute hepatitis - starry sky appearance

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Jul 2012
67% complete
CT Ultrasound
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Distended paraumbilical vein

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Apr 2012
74% complete
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Gas in biliary tree - false positive bile duct strictures (CT cholangiography)

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 06 Apr 2012
81% complete
Ultrasound CT
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Hepatic metastases

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Feb 2012
95% complete
Nuclear medicine MRI
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Cavernous transformation of the portal vein

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Feb 2012
95% complete
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Choledocholithiasis (CT IVC)

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 16 Feb 2012
95% complete
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Focal nodular hyperplasia

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Jan 2012
95% complete
MRI

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