Implications for forensic death investigations from first Swiss post-mortem CT in a case of non-hospital treatment with COVID-19

Schweitzer, Wolf; Ruder, Thomas; Baumeister, Rilana; Bolliger, Stephan; Thali, Michael; Meixner, Eva; Ampanozi, Garyfalia

doi:10.1016/j.fri.2020.200378

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Schweitzer, W., Ruder, T., Baumeister, R., Bolliger, S., Thali, M., Meixner, E., & Ampanozi, G. (2020). Implications for forensic death investigations from first Swiss post-mortem CT in a case of non-hospital treatment with COVID-19. Forensic Imaging, 21, 200378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fri.2020.200378

Abstract

Case details: A case of a 50-year old HIV-positive man is presented, with focus on visualization of post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) of the lungs, in comparison to a forensic control case. He had been found dead at home, a day after his nasopharyngeal swab had returned positive for SARS-COV-2, three days after the sample had been taken as an outpatient, over five weeks after first exhibiting possible symptoms. 3D-visualization was performed by visually discriminating correlates for aerated, poorly aerated and non-aerated lung re