[Fatal exsanguination from a small venous injury].
Report on a 34 year old man who bled to death sitting in an empty bath-tub by suicidal cutting in his groin. The source of the bleeding was a small lesion of the femoral vein with a diameter of 2 mm. No endogenous or exogenous coagulopathies could be established.
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Gerichtsmedizinischen Institut, Kantonsspitals St. Gallen.
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D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
Tödlicher Blutverlust aus kleiner Venenverletzung.