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Postmortem CT and MRI findings of massive fat embolism.

Yohsuke MakinoMasatoshi KojimaMaiko YoshidaAyumi MotomuraGo InokuchiFumiko ChibaSuguru TorimitsuYumi HoshiokaRutsuko YamaguchiNaoki SaitoShumari UrabeShigeki TsuneyaTakuro HorikoshiDaisuke YajimaHirotaro Iwase
Published in: International journal of legal medicine (2019)
In some subjects, a massive fat embolism can be suggested by postmortem imaging with a "fat-fluid level" in the right heart or intraluminal fat in the pulmonary arterial branches. PMMR potentially suggests fat embolism more clearly than PMCT.
Keyphrases
  • adipose tissue
  • fatty acid
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • high resolution
  • mass spectrometry
  • image quality
  • positron emission tomography
  • fluorescence imaging
  • pet ct