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Acute emphysema or acute alveolar dilation have long been debated as potential findings in these asphyxia cases. To further explore the supplementary findings in our forensic asphyxia cases, this study applied lung densitometry to pulmonary postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) data. Twenty asphyxia cases (including hanging (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20099), manual strangulation (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20094), ligature strangulation (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091), smothering (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093), and choking (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093)) and 21 matched control cases were analysed using lung densitometry parameters - specifically quantification of low attenuation areas (LAA) and the 15th percentile point of lung density (Perc15). Our data revealed statistically significantly higher lung % volume falling within LAA at -950HU (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.04) and \u2212\u2009910HU (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.043) in the asphyxia cases compared to matched controls. The Perc15 values observed were trending towards a lower attenuation corresponding to a lower density in the asphyxia group, although this result was not statistically significant (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.13). A subgroup analysis highlighted potential differences within the asphyxia categories, notably, higher Perc15 values were observed in the choking cases. 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