Figure 6.

Decomposition: (a) axial post-mortem CT image of the brain of an adult male subject exhibits early decomposition change with cerebral autolysis present—there is rather “bland” attenuation of the brain parenchyma, loss of normally appreciable sulci and early putrefactive change with intravascular gas formation noted (arrows). (b) Axial post-mortem CT image of an adult female subject demonstrates more advanced putrefactive change with more extensive intravascular and extravascular intracranial gas and early brain parenchymal “settling”.