RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cerebral computed tomography in drowning victims.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 177
OP 179
VO 5
IS 2
A1 Murray, R R
A1 Kapila, A
A1 Blanco, E
A1 Kagan-Hallet, K S
YR 1984
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/5/2/177.abstract
AB Computed tomography in two patients who had drowned revealed bilateral basal ganglia and medial temporal lobe low densities. Postmortem examination in one case showed these areas to be necrotic, probably secondary to the hypoxia and hypotension associated with drowning.