Citation

Morentin B, Biritxinaga B, Crespo L. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2011; 32(4): 344-346.

Affiliation

Section of Pathology, Forensic Pathology Service, Basque Institute of Legal Medicine, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181d8e3a5

PMID

22101437

Abstract

Penile strangulation or entrapment is an unusual entity that requires urgent treatment due to its potential complications. Several cases have been reported in the medical literature, some of them describing serious injuries such as necrosis, gangrene, and amputation of the penis. However, as far as we know, no fatal cases have been described before. We present the death of an adult male secondary to the complications due to penile strangulation with a plastic bottle neck. The time of incarceration was unknown, but according to a witness it could be about 10 to 14 days. The findings of autopsy were penile strangulation, necrosis of the penis, acute pyelonephritis, and bronchopneumonia. The subject's refusal to ask for medical help was the cause of this atypical evolution.

Language: en