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. 2015 Dec 16;89(1058):20150851. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150851

Figure 11.

Figure 11.

Axial post-mortem CT image through the superior mediastinum of a young adult male who sustained severe blunt polytrauma with severe blood loss in the short antemortem interval between the index trauma and death. There is marked attenuated calibre of the arch of the aorta (arrow) (as well as of the remainder of the aorta and other great vessels—not shown).