title: Accidental hanging by a sweater: an unusual case.
abstract: An accidental atypical hanging with the collar of a sweater is reported. A 67-year-old man was found dead in the sitting position with the collar of his sweater hanging off the brake handle of a motorcycle. Autopsy findings revealed a ligature mark on the surface of the neck; hemorrhages in the sternohyoid muscles; submucosal hemorrhages in the left greater horn of the hyoid bone; a large degree of submucosal petechial hemorrhages in the larynx, oral mucosa, and palpebral conjunctivae; and dark-red liquid blood with little clotting in the heart cavities. The alcohol levels in the blood and urine were 2.84 mg/ml and 3.52 mg/ml, respectively. It was concluded that the man had died from hanging by the sweater, and it was speculated that when he became inebriated, he might have lost consciousness and then fell with the collar of his sweater hanging from the brake handle of the motorcycle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Yudha
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nurhantari
authors.forename: Migiwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nushida
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagasaki
authors.forename: Risa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueno
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000368:Aged; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy; D003020:Clothing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology