A case of hypoxic brain damage consequent to ligature strangulation.
A case of delayed death following strangulation is reported. A 43-year-old woman died 18 days after being subjected to strangulation. The autopsy and neuropathological findings are presented. Informatively, enzymatic immunohistochemical techniques were used for the neuropathological investigation.
Kubo
S
S
Ogata
M
M
Iwasaki
M
M
Kitamura
O
O
Nakasono
I
I
Shimokawa
I
I
Suyama
H
H
Hironaka
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques