Status epilepticus and near hanging.
We report a case of status epilepticus lasting 5 h provoked by attempted self-hanging in a patient with no previous history of epilepsy. We are unable to find any published reports of status epilepticus being provoked in this manner.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013997:Time Factors