ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2016
Acute pulmonary emphysema in death by hanging: a morphometric digital study.
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- Can the size of the contact area body-ground influence the presence of acute pulmonary emphysema in cases of incomplete hanging?International journal of legal medicine · 2023Article
- Ligature Mark: Crime or Suicide?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- An Overview on Actual Knowledge About Immunohistochemical and Molecular Features of Vitality, Focusing on the Growing Evidence and Analysis to Distinguish Between Suicidal and Simulated Hanging.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- The added value of postmortem magnetic resonance imaging in cases of hanging compared to postmortem computed tomography and autopsy.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Acute pulmonary emphysema (APE) has been described in cases of mechanical asphyxia such as ligature or manual strangulation but not in cases of hanging. In this study, we wanted to verify by morphometric digital analysis of lung tissue whether APE occurs in death by hanging.We investigated 16 cases of hanging (eight complete, eight incomplete), 10 cases of freshwater drowning (positive control group), and 10 cases of acute external bleeding (negative control group). Tissue sections were obtained from each pulmonary lobe. For each slide, five fields were randomly selected. The area of every alveolar space was measured by image analysis software. The mean alveolar area (MAA) was calculated for each group.In incomplete hanging, MAA was significantly higher than that observed in complete hanging and similar to the one observed in freshwater drowning.APE in cases of incomplete hanging can be considered as a sign of vitality. The high number of conditions that can cause alveolar distension (that were excluded in this study) limits the applicability of this vital sign in the routine forensic practice.
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