Fig. 19
From: Burned bodies: post-mortem computed tomography, an essential tool for modern forensic medicine
A public-road car-crash victim: a 35-year-old woman whose body was burned. a, b Smoothly marginated fractures uncovered by skeletal muscle: thermal amputations of the extremities (white arrows). Please note the mottled lucencies of marrow spaces upon the heat exposed side with accompanying soft-tissue retraction (arrowheads). c, d Typical appearance of “flute mouthpiece” on volume rendering reconstructions (black arrows) without any argument for traumatic fracture (no sharply angulated margins). Note equally the pugilistic attitude of the left arm (triple flexion) on volume rendering reconstruction (c). Typical overall state of the body in a fire-related death