title: Backstabbing--a report of an unusual case.
abstract: A case of a 25-year-old male with a deep knife stab injury in the back is reported. The stab wound penetrated the left thorax and the left lung was injured, a thoracotomy was performed and the patient survived. The injured man could not remember what had happened, his bag was missing and the incident was therefore considered to be due to a robbery. Further results of the police investigations and the forensic pathology inspection revealed an extremely unusual accident constellation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Röngenstrasse 23, 48149 Münster, Germany. pfeiffh@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fechner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brinkmann
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery