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17940787

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Determination of the stage of ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis is a crucial part of forensic age estimation when evaluating living subjects over 18 years of age. In the present study, we comparatively assessed conventional radiographs and computed tomography (CT) scans of sternoclavicular joints used to perform forensic age assessments in 57 individuals undergoing criminal proceedings. With CT, it was possible to determine the ossification stage of all clavicles studied. In the case of conventional radiography, reliable assessment of ossification stage was not possible in 15 out of 114 clavicles studied due to the superimposition of other structures. Regarding agreement between the methods, both radiography and CT produced identical staging results in 97 out of 99 clavicular epiphyses. In two cases, however, ossification was classified as stage 2 by CT and as stage 3 by conventional radiography. Regarding stages 4 and 5, both methods produced identical staging results in all cases. In forensic age estimation practice, it is necessary that conventional radiographic reference studies be used for ossification stage classification by conventional radiography and that CT reference studies be used for ossification stage classification by CT. Further studies in dead bodies of known age are required to issue a recommendation as to whether conventional radiography using obtained in three planes or CT is the method of choice for the assessment of clavicular ossification.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0937-9827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiographic staging of ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Röntgenstrasse 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article