Haemorrhages into the back and auxiliary breathing muscles after death by hanging.
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Haemorrhages into the back and auxiliary breathing muscles after death by hanging. / Schulz, Friedrich; Buschmann, Claas; Braun, Christian; Püschel, Klaus; Brinkmann, Bernd; Tsokos, Michael.
in: INT J LEGAL MED, Jahrgang 125, Nr. 6, 6, 2011, S. 863-871.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Haemorrhages into the back and auxiliary breathing muscles after death by hanging.
AU - Schulz, Friedrich
AU - Buschmann, Claas
AU - Braun, Christian
AU - Püschel, Klaus
AU - Brinkmann, Bernd
AU - Tsokos, Michael
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We describe and discuss haemorrhages discovered in the back and auxiliary breathing muscles of a population of cases of suicidal death by hanging. Intramuscular haemorrhages were present in approximately 30% of the cases. Pre-existing illnesses with an increased tendency to bleed or an anticoagulant medication did not exist; corresponding skin and subcutaneous fatty tissue structures were intact in each case. In cases of death by hanging, the occurrence of muscle haemorrhages of this type may be explained pathophysiologically by the occurrence of increased respiratory exertions and/or seizures during the hanging process. Although the results of our study do not indicate an obligatory autopsy finding, evidence of internal haemorrhaging into the back and auxiliary breathing muscles may be called upon following consideration of differential diagnostic aspects as a further diagnostic indication of vital hanging.
AB - We describe and discuss haemorrhages discovered in the back and auxiliary breathing muscles of a population of cases of suicidal death by hanging. Intramuscular haemorrhages were present in approximately 30% of the cases. Pre-existing illnesses with an increased tendency to bleed or an anticoagulant medication did not exist; corresponding skin and subcutaneous fatty tissue structures were intact in each case. In cases of death by hanging, the occurrence of muscle haemorrhages of this type may be explained pathophysiologically by the occurrence of increased respiratory exertions and/or seizures during the hanging process. Although the results of our study do not indicate an obligatory autopsy finding, evidence of internal haemorrhaging into the back and auxiliary breathing muscles may be called upon following consideration of differential diagnostic aspects as a further diagnostic indication of vital hanging.
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Aged
KW - Female
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Back
KW - Hemorrhage/pathology
KW - Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
KW - Respiratory Muscles/pathology
KW - Suicide
KW - Adult
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Aged
KW - Female
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Back
KW - Hemorrhage/pathology
KW - Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
KW - Respiratory Muscles/pathology
KW - Suicide
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
VL - 125
SP - 863
EP - 871
JO - INT J LEGAL MED
JF - INT J LEGAL MED
SN - 0937-9827
IS - 6
M1 - 6
ER -