Distributions of lesions in hanging suicide brains.
We found a morphological similarity in the distribution of vascular lesions in five hanging suicide brains. The overall findings on the lesions remind us of the venous origin but not of the arterial origin of the blood supply. Morphometric evaluations did not reveal any valuable conclusion. The results of this pathological research may be of clinical importance for the treatment of hanging patients.
Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Tokyo, Japan.
Hui Jing
HJ
He
Noboru
N
Goto
Jun
J
Goto
Hiromitsu
H
Ezure
Eiji
E
Takaoki
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide