Citation

Salem A, Onicas C, Marinescu M. Rom. J. Leg. Med. 2009; 17(4): 283-286.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Romanian Legal Medicine Society)

DOI

10.4323/rjlm.2009.283

PMID

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Abstract

We report two interesting cases of accidental death due to hanging, in two adult men. Both of the corps have been found outdoors. In the first case, a 40 years old man, death was determined by an association of mechanical asphyxia due to hanging by the collar of the shirt that he was wearing, and positional asphyxia; postmortem toxicological analysis of alcohol levels in blood and urine revealed a concentration of 3, 10 mg/ml and 2, 45 mg/ml, respectively. The second case presented is a 60 years old man who died from hanging by a handle of a textile travel bag; toxicological results were negative. © 2009 Romanian Society of Legal Medicine.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; Accident; human; suicide; Suicide; Hanging; male; alcohol; asphyxia; autopsy; case report; article; accidental death; alcohol blood level; Positional asphyxia; Mediastinal hydatid cyst