Citation

Monticelli F, Meyer HJ, Keller T. Forensic Sci. Med. Pathol. 2006; 2(4): 273-276.

Affiliation

Institute of Forensic Medicine and Neuropsychiatry, Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria, fabio.monticelli@sbg.ac.at.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1385/FSMP:2:4:273

PMID

25868774

Abstract

Suicide by means of an electric power drill with dual penetration of the anterior aspect of the thorax is described. Cause of death was a perforating injury of the heart with pericardial tamponade, combined with bleeding into the thoracic cavity caused by a perforation of the left lung. Psychiatric background revealed a long-term depression, in part with psychotic symptoms.

Language: en