Fracture of the neck structures in suicidal hangings: A Retrospective study on contributing variables

Clément, Renaud; Guay, Jean‐Pierre; Sauvageau, Anny

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.016

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“…Fractures occur preferentially in the elderly and this is more likely due to the bone mineral loss inherent to the age. This is probably the most important variable contributing to the fractures of the neck structures in the hanging cases [1,8].…”

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Unusual variation of the hyoid bone: bilateral absence of lesser cornua and abnormal bone attachment to the corpus

2011

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The hyoid bone is a horseshoe-shaped and a solitary bone located at the neck just above the thyroid cartilage. It consists of a body, two greater cornua and two lesser cornua. In this report, we demonstrated an extra bone variation which is attached to the hyoid bone and located at the left side of its corpus. In addition to this abnormal bone attachment to the corpus, lesser cornua were absent bilaterally. Abnormal bone attachment was approximately 3.79-cm long and 0.38-0.50-cm wide and heads toward the upper left of the hyoid bone. We believe that clinicians should be aware of such abnormalities of the hyoid bone because of the functional and clinical importance of its variations and abnormal relations within nearby structures. These abnormalities have a great importance for the surgical operations and radiological studies of the neck region and for the forensic medicine because of the susceptibility of the hyoid bone to the fractures in relation to the strangulation cases.

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Unusual variation of the hyoid bone: bilateral absence of lesser cornua and abnormal bone attachment to the corpus

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“…6,10 Clement R, Guay Jean Pierre, Sauvageau Anny in a study of suicidal hanging that out of total 206 cases, fracture of hyoid bone was found in 13 cases ( 6.31%) of which 3 were isolated hyoid fractures and 10 cases were associated with thyroid cartilage fracture. 11 Majority number of cases showed visceral congestion in internal examination which is a typical sign of asphyxia death.…”

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Hanging Cases in Amch Mortuary, Dibrugarh, Assam- Two Years Study

Das¹,

Pathak²,

Gogoi³

2017

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BACKGROUNDHanging is one of the commonest method of suicide in India. Increasing stress and strain of modern days becomes a common cause of people taking their own life to overcome the miserable situation they face. Though hanging is almost always suicidal, there are situations where it is found to be homicidal or it looks like suicidal hanging. Detailed post-mortem examination and also crime scene investigation helps to understand the manner of death. This study was conducted to see hanging related death in depth so that it helps to opine the manner of death as well as understand the circumstances of death which will definitely help to design a method to decease the suicidal rate. MATERIAL AND METHODSThe present study was undertaken for two years during January 2014 to December 2015 at the mortuary of Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam to know various autopsy findings and analysis of sociodemographic data. All hanging death cases which came for post-mortem examination were included in the study. The data was obtained in predesigned proforma and analysed accordingly. Study Design-It is an observational descriptive study. RESULTSOut of 2811 total number of autopsies done during the said period, 169 (6%) cases died due to hanging. Incidences of hanging were found to be more in males; a total of 122 (72%). Study showed higher number of incidences in married group and of lower socioeconomic status people. The deaths were more in the age group of 21-30 years (33.13%). In maximum number of cases, victims used soft material as ligature. CONCLUSIONSuicide rate is seen more in the younger generation which may reflect the fact that these people may be at greater stress due to poverty, illiteracy, marital disharmony, stress at work place and also dowry related matters. All the cases showed typical findings of ante-mortem suicidal hanging like obliquity and non-continuity of the ligature mark. KEYWORDS BACKGROUNDHanging is defined as a violent form of asphyxia where a person is suspended by a ligature around his neck and the constricting force being the weight of the body. Hanging deaths are generally taken as suicidal unless proved otherwise. Hanging is considered to be one of the commonest method of suicide all over the world. The increasing stress and strain of modern day-to-day life along with poverty makes people to commit suicide. As our community is male dominated, he is exposed to the majority of stress alone, more than the female which is reflected in the fact that suicide rate by hanging is more in males. Present study tries to elaborate

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“…Tissue damage in the laryngohyoid area was evident in 21 cases of murder and two cases of suicides ). Further, in the United States, 70 death cases which were due to the pressure on the neck, was reported as the conditions with the uncertain cause of death (murder or suicide) (Clément ., 2011). In South Africa (Godin, , 2012) among 130 cases of death due to pressure on the neck, it was found that 87 cases of death were due to suicide and out of which 73 referred cases, the macroscopic examination also concluded to the same cause.…”

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A Debate on Pharyngolaryngeal Histopathologic Examination of the CadaverSuspected ofPressureonVital ElementsofNeck: Death Cause

Najari¹,

Mostafazadeh²,

Emamhadi³

et al. 2016

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Fracture of the neck structures in suicidal hangings: A Retrospective study on contributing variables

Cited by 35 publications

References 18 publications

Unusual variation of the hyoid bone: bilateral absence of lesser cornua and abnormal bone attachment to the corpus

Unusual variation of the hyoid bone: bilateral absence of lesser cornua and abnormal bone attachment to the corpus

Hanging Cases in Amch Mortuary, Dibrugarh, Assam- Two Years Study

A Debate on Pharyngolaryngeal Histopathologic Examination of the CadaverSuspected ofPressureonVital ElementsofNeck: Death Cause

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