IP International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicological Sciences
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Official Publication of Khyati Education And Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2581-9844
Online ISSN: 2456-9615
CODEN : IIJFA2
IP International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicological Sciences (IJFMTS) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2016 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be more...Case Report
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Volume : 5, Issue : 4, Year : 2020
Article Page : 142-144
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijfmts.2020.034
Abstract
Hanging is a form of strangulation meaning application of external pressure on the neck, either by a ligature or by any other material and the force of constriction to the neck is provided by the gravitational pull to the body. Hanging is often suicidal, homicidal (lynching) and rarely accidental. A boy of about 18 years of age was found hanging by the neck, and neck being caught in between window pan and external AC (air condition) unit. It was a complete hanging with no part touching the ground. Accidental hanging is uncommon, though few cases are reported in children and some in autoerotic context in adults. The study of
the death scene, the forensic autopsy findings, the toxicological analysis and the study of the circumstances of death are essential to evaluate the actual mode and manner of death.
Keywords: Accidental hanging, Strangulation, Suicide, Autoerotic asphyxia.
How to cite : Khan M K, Ali K , Accidental Hanging between ventilation window and air condition unit a very unusual death- A case report. IP Int J Forensic Med Toxicol Sci 2020;5(4):142-144
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