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Fig. 10 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 10

From: Burned bodies: post-mortem computed tomography, an essential tool for modern forensic medicine

Fig. 10

The burned body of a 35-year-old woman who was killed in a public-road car crash. a PMCT scout view and b volume rendering reconstruction showing the characteristic triple flexion of the left upper limb due to muscle thermal retraction: pugilistic attitude consisting of an anteromedial flexion of the humerus on the body, flexion of the forearm on the arm and flexion of the wrist on the forearm. Additionally, notice the typical thermal fracture of the right humerus (black dashed arrow) and the right femur of the lower extremity (black arrow). c Autopsy photograph of the same body showing a perfect concordance with volume rendering reconstruction of the triple flexion of the upper left limb. The image also shows the extreme loss of abdominal wall soft tissues with exposure of the burned liver (white asterisk) and preserved right kidney (white arrow)

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