Common and Expected Postmortem CT Observations Involving the Brain: Mimics of Antemortem Pathology

A.B. Smith; G.E. Lattin; P. Berran; H.T. Harcke

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Common and Expected Postmortem CT Observations Involving the Brain: Mimics of Antemortem Pathology

A.B. Smith, G.E. Lattin, P. Berran and H.T. Harcke

American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2012, 33 (7) 1387-1391; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2966

A.B. Smith

aFrom the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Radiologic Pathology (A.B.S., G.E.L., H.T.H.), Washington, DC

bUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (A.B.S., G.E.L., H.T.H.), Bethesda, Maryland

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G.E. Lattin Jr.

aFrom the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Radiologic Pathology (A.B.S., G.E.L., H.T.H.), Washington, DC

bUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (A.B.S., G.E.L., H.T.H.), Bethesda, Maryland

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P. Berran

cArmed Forces Medical Examiner System (P.B.), Rockville, Maryland.

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H.T. Harcke

aFrom the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Radiologic Pathology (A.B.S., G.E.L., H.T.H.), Washington, DC

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vol. 33 no. 7 1387-1391

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A.B. Smitha,b,
G.E. Lattin Jr.a,b,
P. Berranc and
H.T. Harckea,b

^aFrom the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Department of Radiologic Pathology (A.B.S., G.E.L., H.T.H.), Washington, DC
^bUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (A.B.S., G.E.L., H.T.H.), Bethesda, Maryland
^cArmed Forces Medical Examiner System (P.B.), Rockville, Maryland.

Please address correspondence to Alice B. Smith, MD, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814; e-mail: alsmith{at}usuhs.mil

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