title: Peculiar circular and C-shaped injuries on a body from the sea.
abstract: A case where a body with unusual circular injuries was found in the sea is presented. The victim was a 60-year-old woman who had been depressed and had attempted suicide before. She was missing for 6 days before the corpse was found. The body had several almost perfectly circular injuries and C-shaped incision injuries with almost circular flaps of skin. We concluded that the cause of the peculiar circular injuries might be bite marks of Isistius spp. (I. brasiliensis and/or I. plutodus), commonly known as cookie-cutter shark because of its very unusual feeding style.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. makino@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tachihara
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ageda
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arao
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fuke
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012754:Sharks; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide