Death by "Snow"! A Fatal Forensic Case of Cocaine Leakage in a "Drug Mule" on Postmortem Computed and Magnetic Resonance Tomography Compared With Autopsy

被引：3

作者：

Flach, Patricia Mildred ^{[1
]}

Gascho, Dominic ^{[1
]}

Fader, Rene ^{[2
]}

Martinez, Rosita ^{[1
]}

Thali, Michael J. ^{[1
]}

Ebert, Lars C. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Zurich, Inst Forens Med & Imaging, Zurich, Switzerland

[2] Prime Ctr 1, Airport Police, Cantonal Police Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY | 2017年 / 38卷 / 04期

关键词：

Virtopsy; Body packing; drug mule; cocaine; forensic radiology; postmortem magnetic resonance imaging; BODY PACKERS; PLAIN RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC-VALUE; X-RAY; PACKING; CT; STUFFERS; EXPERIENCE; RADIOLOGY; PUSHERS;

D O I：

10.1097/PAF.0000000000000336

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];

学科分类号：

0301 ; 10 ;

摘要：

This forensic case presents unique postmortem imaging of a drug mule with fatal intoxication due to cocaine leakage on postmortem computed and magnetic resonance (MR) tomography compared with autopsy. Imaging by postmortem computed and MR tomography was performed before autopsy, histology, and toxicology were commissioned. Forensic imaging revealed 91 hyperdense, uniformly shaped body packs with signs of leakage, which was confirmed by autopsy. Postmortem MR imaging displayed the rarely described hypointense appearance of the body packs in T1- and T2-weighted sequences. Toxicology stated the dosage of cocaine intoxication as lethal. This case provides an opportunity to image internal cocaine drug containers on postmortem computed and MR tomography. The cause of death could be determined based on imaging and the radiological morphology of these packs by both imaging methods.

引用

页码：339 / 344

页数：6

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