Internal carotid artery thrombosis following manual strangulation.
Thrombosis of the internal carotid artery is an unusual complication of neck compression, and even more infrequently observed in manual strangulation. It is important in such cases to exclude spontaneous thrombosis which may result from atherosclerotic narrowing of the vessel.
Vanezis
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Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School.
Claydon
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SM
Chapman
R C
RC
al-Alousi
L M
LM
D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans