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. 2015 Jul 1;16(4):798–809. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2015.16.4.798

Fig. 8. Hemorrhagic hyperdense fluid in stomach in 65-year-old deceased woman with liver cirrhosis and esophagogastric varices (case 10).

Fig. 8

CT scan obtained 13 hours and 33 minutes after death shows content with two different densities in gastric lumen. Higher density material in gastric lumen (arrows) is clumped, covers lower density material, and is suspected to be caused by rupture of esophagogastric varices. This was proven on subsequent autopsy. CT = computed tomography