Abstract
Case report We present unusual gas embolism case of a 73-years-old man who was found in cardiopulmonary-arrest state with oxygen-supplying tube connected to intravenous catheter inserted into his median cubital vein. Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) performed 27 h after his death showed systemic gas distribution including intravascular gas, pneumothorax, pneumoperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, pneumoretroperitoneum and gastric emphysema. PMCT performed 116 h after his death showed marked decrease of air inside the body. The current case showed importance of PMCT in gas-embolism cases as visualization, quantification, and also preservation of the evidence of establishment cause of death. The case indicated possibility of two-times PMCT examination could be useful for differentiation from gas produced by putrefaction.
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