Accidental unilateral and incomplete strangulation injury in a patient while traveling on a bicycle.
Chunni (a piece of cloth worn around the neck by many Indian women) is a well recognized accidental ligature around the neck. We report a rare case of accidental strangulation with chunni where the patient was pillion rider on bicycle; in spite of very common of use of bicycle to best our knowledge this kind of injury has not been reported previously.
Agrawal
Amit
A
Clinical and Administrative Head, Division of Neurosurgery, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Meghe, Wardha 442005, Maharashtra, India. dramitagrawal@gmail.com
Ninave
Sudhir
S
Srivastava
Tripti
T
Sunkara
Anil
A
Agrawal
Sachin
S
D000059:Accidents; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001642:Bicycling; D003020:Clothing; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult