Case report. Delayed death after pressure on the neck: possible causal mechanisms and implications for mode of death in manual strangulation discussed.
Death from hypoxic cerebral damage 1 week after manual strangulation is described, with a discussion of the competing pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for the fatal outcome in this case, and in manual strangulation in general.
Anscombe
A M
AM
Department of Pathology, West Dorset Hospital, Dorchester, UK.
Knight
B H
BH
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D019838:Neck Injuries; D013997:Time Factors