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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2021

Unusual (self-)injuries in a case of hanging.

Inga Duval, Elke Doberentz, Burkhard Madea

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Inga DuvalInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Stiftsplatz 12, 53111, Bonn, Germany. inga.duval@ukbonn.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6570-9833
Elke DoberentzInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Stiftsplatz 12, 53111, Bonn, Germany.
Burkhard MadeaInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Stiftsplatz 12, 53111, Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 41-year-old man was found by his wife in an atypical hanging situation in their apartment. As there was a known previous psychiatric illness and a history of suicide attempts, the investigative authorities assumed this case was a suicide. However, the autopsy revealed numerous findings that are unusual for a suicidal atypical hanging, including numerous cuts on the face, the arms and the penis. According to his wife, the deceased suffered from Asperger's syndrome with auto-aggressive behavior. He had allegedly injured himself with household scissors in the days before his death and had hit himself numerous times in the face the night before his death. His wife also revealed that she would injure him with scissors at his request. Even though the observed injury pattern in this case contradicted a self-infliction, the information given by the wife about the chronology of the occurrence of injuries could be reconciled with the findings of the immunohistochemical estimation of wound age. The circumstances that led to the hanging remained unresolved.

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SuicideAdultAutopsyHumansMaleHangingSelf-harmSelf-inflictionStrangulationSuicide

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PMID33481170
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