Fig. 7
From: Burned bodies: post-mortem computed tomography, an essential tool for modern forensic medicine
A 69-year-old man, shot and burned in his house. a, b Axial PMCT planes show several shrapnel fragments in the right thoracic, the right lung, the mediastinum and the abdomen specifically around the liver (white arrowheads). Note the important soft-tissue loss of the right laterothoracic wall (asterisk) corresponding to the entrance wound. The body was more exposed to the fire on its left side with heat-related skin loss (thick white arrows), preserving the entrance wound (important issue for forensic evaluation). c PMCT scout image showing the multiple shrapnel fragments as punctiform hyperdensities (about 200). d Liver autopsy photograph of the same body showing a linear cut due to the shrapnel fragment course through the right liver (black arrowheads) with shrapnel fragment lying on the right liver surface (black arrow). The shrapnel localisation by PMCT guided the autopsy analysis