title: Unusual hanging deaths.
abstract: We describe the circumstances and medical findings of four unusual hanging deaths. In brief, the unusual features are tracheostomy, delayed death, self-mutilation combined with severe neck injury caused by lengthy drop, and homicidal hanging in a young girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cadden
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hilton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide; D014140:Tracheotomy; D014904:Western Australia