Decapitation in suicidal hanging - A case report with a review of the literature

Legal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-162

  Zhu, Bao Li ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Ishida, Kaori ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Taniguchi, Mari ^a   Fujita, Masaki Q ^a   Fukita, Kazunori ^a   Maeda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical fracture; Decapitation; Forensic pathology; Hanging; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; CADAVER IDENTIFICATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DEPRESSION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HANGING; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACERATION; MALE; SKIN ABRASION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034534972     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(00)80017-6     Document Type: Article

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4. Decapitation as a result of suicidal hanging
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6. Injury of the vertebral artery in suicidal hanging
7. Verletzungen der Halswirbelsaule beim Suizid durch Erhangen
8. The occurrence of cervical fracture in victims of judicial hanging
9. Fractures of the C-2 vertebral body
10. Ring fracture of the base of the skull and atlanto-occipital avulsion due to anteroflexion on motorcycle riders in a head on collision accident
11. Traumatic avulsion fracture of the occipital condyles and clivus: A case report
12. A case of strangulation by a vehicle seat belt