Citation

Kibayashi K, Shimada R, Nakao KI. Med. Sci. Law 2019; 59(1): 17-19.

Affiliation

Department of Legal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0025802418825390

PMID

30674223

Abstract

Traumatic dissection of the carotid arteries is a rare cause of delayed death due to hanging. We report a case of delayed death two and a half months following attempted suicide by hanging where the patient was able to talk after being released from neck compression. The cause of death was aspiration pneumonia due to cerebral infarction secondary to traumatic dissection of the left common carotid artery due to attempted suicide by hanging. Carotid artery injuries should be examined in patients who were able to talk after an unsuccessful suicide attempt by hanging but who later died.

Language: en

Keywords

Hanging; delayed death; dissection; infarction; talk and die