ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2009
Unassisted smothering in a pillow.
Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Acute or chronic pulmonary emphysema? Or both?-A contribution to the diagnosis of death due to violent asphyxiation in cases with pre-existing chronic emphysema.International journal of legal medicine · 2022Article
- Acute pulmonary emphysema in death by hanging: a morphometric digital study.International journal of legal medicine · 2016Article
- Markers of mechanical asphyxia: immunohistochemical study on autoptic lung tissues.International journal of legal medicine · 2014Article
- Homicidal strangulation by victim's own artificial hair extensions.International journal of legal medicine · 2011Article
- Delayed asphyxia due to inhalation injury.International journal of legal medicine · 2011Article
- Comments on unassisted smothering in a pillow.International journal of legal medicine · 2011Article
- Massive retroperitoneal haemorrhage after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL).International journal of legal medicine · 2011Article
- Lethal thyroid storm after uncontrolled intake of liothyronine in order to lose weight.International journal of legal medicine · 2010Article
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Abstract
We report the case of a 33-year-old man admitted to a psychiatric hospital because of paranoid schizophrenia. The man was found dead lying in his bed with the face pressed against a pillow and with elevated buttocks. The autopsy did not reveal a cause of death. The histological findings displayed the signs of the haemorrhagic-dysoric syndrome with acute emphysema; these findings are pathognomonic of obstructive asphyxia. The adverse effects of the neuroleptics demonstrated by the toxicological findings may have accelerated the loss of consciousness and facilitated the unusual position of the body. On the basis of the clinical history, the autopsy findings, the histological features and the toxicological results, asphyxia due to smothering was diagnosed as the cause of death.
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