title: [The importance of Simon's symptom in cases of hanging (author's transl)].
abstract: Radiological and patho-anatomical investigations of the spines of 32 corpses of persons who had committed suicide by hanging revealed spine damage in 81% of the cases. The cervical spine was damaged in 69%, the lumbar spine in 56% of the cases. The typical damage of the cervical spine is a loosening of the discs at the dorsal side, usually at the level of C 4/5 to C 6/7. In the region of the lumbar spine, bleeding between the (anterior) ventral ligament and the discs is the most frequently observed damage (Simon's sy;mtpom). Simon bleeding is brought about by traction force and is not dependent on the age at death or on any existing degenerative changes of the spine.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide
vernacular_title: Zum Stellenwert des Simonschen Zeichens.