ATYPICAL SELF-INDUCED STRANGULATION
Keywords:
Forensic Medicine. Ligature Strangulation. SuicideAbstract
Finding a suspended body in doubtful circumstances raises the possibility that the manner of death is homicide. We present the case of a 36 years-old male who was found dead, with extrinsic mechanical cervical compression, on a public place, there were no witnesses of the fact. Initially, the case was investigated as a homicide, with differential diagnosis of suicide. The comprehensive analysis of the scene and a complete post-mortem examination: including autopsy, histopathology and toxicology results, allowed us to rule out the possibility of the action of third parties and confirm the hypothesis of a self-induced atypical strangulation.
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