title: Accidental sexual strangulation.
abstract: Accidental death by manual strangulation among homosexuals during the act of sodomy is an uncommon event. In our recent case, the pattern of injuries indicates that strangulation resulted from the forearm application on the neck in a manner better known as "choke holding."
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000473:pathology; D003075:Coitus; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology