Citation

Sauvageau A, Yesovitch R. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2006; 27(2): 173-174.

Affiliation

Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.paf.0000203269.97907.a7

PMID

16738440

Abstract

While reports of suicide by smothering and strangulation are common, suicide by choking is far more rare. In addition to the act being difficult to carry out, suspected cases are not easily distinguished from accidental or homicidal deaths. Here, we present a case of suicide by choking on toilet paper in a patient with a long history of schizophrenia. The case was ruled a suicide based on the patient having been witnessed in a previous unsuccessful attempt of the same act.

Language: en