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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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48 results found
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Perineural spread of tumor along infraorbital nerve

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

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Feb 2018
95% complete
MRI
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Metastatic prostate cancer to Pagetoid bone - value of (Ga68)PSMA scan

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Dec 2016
95% complete
Nuclear medicine MRI CT
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Intra-conal orbital metastasis - breast cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Nov 2016
80% complete
MRI
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Plasmacytoma - lateral tibial plateau

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 07 Jun 2016
87% complete
MRI X-ray
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Perforated sigmoid colonic adenocarcinoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Mar 2016
92% complete
CT
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Male breast cancer

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 03 Feb 2016
94% complete
Ultrasound
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Metastatic melanoma metastases to small bowel

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 10 Jan 2016
80% complete
CT
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Anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO grade III) of the septum pellucidum

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Sep 2015
95% complete
MRI
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Lacrimal gland lymphoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 06 Jul 2015
89% complete
CT Ultrasound
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Sister Mary Joseph nodule - metastatic pancreatic cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Jun 2015
80% complete
CT Ultrasound
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Perineural spread of squamous cell carcinoma: infra-orbital nerve

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 13 Jun 2015
89% complete
MRI
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Jugular paraganglioma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 03 Feb 2015
67% complete
CT MRI
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Fibrolipoma of the ulnar nerve

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 07 Jan 2015
80% complete
MRI
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Gallbladder carcinoma

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 07 Jan 2015
66% complete
Ultrasound
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Exuberant sclerotic metastasis - prostate cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Dec 2014
75% complete
CT Nuclear medicine
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Pectoral muscle sarcoma masquerading as breast lump

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Dec 2014
80% complete
Ultrasound MRI
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Incidental metastatic breast cancer (Tc99m-sestamibi parathyroid scan)

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 18 Dec 2014
80% complete
Nuclear medicine CT
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Optic-chiasmatic pilocytic astrocytoma

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 30 Jul 2014
71% complete
CT
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Upward transtentorial herniation due to cerebellar metastasis

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 26 Jun 2014
80% complete
CT
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Melanoma metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 12 Feb 2014
79% complete
Nuclear medicine
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Lacrimal gland lymphoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Dec 2013
92% complete
CT
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Ovarian vein invasion by renal cell carcinoma

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Dec 2013
95% complete
CT
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Ipsilateral pleural metastases - breast cancer

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 11 Mar 2013
68% complete
CT
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Gastric perforation by endoscopic metallic stent for malignant outlet obstruction

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 01 Jan 2013
62% complete
CT
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Metastatic melanoma to brain

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Nov 2012
95% complete
CT
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Lymphocele post groin lymph node dissection for melanoma

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 08 Nov 2012
65% complete
CT
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Esophageal cancer infiltration into right main bronchus

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Oct 2012
53% complete
CT
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Sarcoidosis associated obstructive jaundice

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 28 Oct 2012
65% complete
MRI
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Lipoma of the conus

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Sep 2012
80% complete
CT MRI
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Giant cell tumor of peroneal tendon sheath

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Sep 2012
80% complete
X-ray MRI
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Pachymeningeal metastasis from breast cancer

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 09 Sep 2012
70% complete
Nuclear medicine MRI CT
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Pseudomyxoma peritonei et pleuri - appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 Aug 2012
71% complete
CT
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Prostate cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 19 Aug 2012
77% complete
MRI
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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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Thoracic endplate osteomyelitis/discitis - false positive FDG PET scan

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Jun 2012
68% complete
Nuclear medicine MRI
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Linitis plastica

  Diagnosis probable
Chris O'Donnell
Published 18 Jun 2012
61% complete
Barium CT
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Renal cell carcinoma with IVC invasion through to supradiaphragmatic level

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 15 Jun 2012
77% complete
MRI
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Leptomeningeal metastases

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 03 Jun 2012
77% complete
MRI
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Bone metastasis to the scapula

Chris O'Donnell
Published 05 Mar 2012
62% complete
MRI
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Implantation metastasis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 02 Mar 2012
73% complete
CT Ultrasound
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Fournier gangrene - spontaneous perforation of rectal cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 25 Feb 2012
80% complete
CT
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Tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma

Chris O'Donnell
Published 22 Feb 2012
48% complete
Ultrasound Nuclear medicine MRI
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Rectal carcinoma

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 21 Feb 2012
77% complete
MRI
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Chronic myeloid leukemia

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 21 Feb 2012
77% complete
MRI
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Hepatic metastases

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 20 Feb 2012
95% complete
Nuclear medicine MRI
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Bone metastasis - breast cancer

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 08 Feb 2012
70% complete
X-ray MRI Nuclear medicine
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Breast cancer (MRI)

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 29 Jan 2012
92% complete
MRI

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