title: [Significant injury of the neck including the cervical spine and soft tissue in suicidal strangulation].
abstract: A 46-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from a height of app. 4.5 m with a running noose round his neck. The neck was nearly cut through by the tightened ligature, so that there was only a small "bridge" of soft tissue between head and trunk.
authors.affiliation: Aus dem Institut für gerichtliche Medizin der Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weigel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wilk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: König
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D019838:Neck Injuries; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Uber eine erhebliche Verletzung des Halses einshcliesslich der Halswirbelsäule und der Halsweichteile im Rahmen einer suizidalen Strangulation.