Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 313-315, November 2010

Incidental findings in post-mortem CT: Calcified ligamentum arteriosum

Center of Forensic Imaging and Virtopsy, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Buehlstrasse 20, CH 3012 Bern, Switzerland

Received 15 June 2010; received in revised form 28 July 2010; accepted 29 July 2010. published online 07 September 2010.

Abstract 

This case report describes the incidental finding of a calcified ligamentum arteriosum during post-mortem CT examination. The calcification of the ligament was confirmed at autopsy. Subsequent histological examination revealed the presence of cartilage-like and bone-like tissue as well as extended calcification areas. The importance of not confusing this normal post-mortem CT finding with vessel pathology is being emphasized.

Keywords: Ligamentum arteriosum, Calcification, Virtopsy, Post-mortem CT

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PII: S1344-6223(10)00114-8

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.07.003

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 313-315, November 2010

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