title: An unusual suicide case by combination of choking and hanging.
abstract: A 40-year-old man was found dead in his prison cell, hanging on a twisted bandage tightened around his neck. His permanent metal tracheostomy tube was completely corked with a piece of paper wrapped with transparent cellophane from a cigarette case. After police investigation and complete autopsy, suicide was determined as the manner of death. Although suicides by 1 form of asphyxia are relatively common, combination of several different forms of asphyxia is far less frequent. We present this unusual and very rare case of suicide by combination of 2 forms of asphyxia, that is, choking and hanging, along with autopsy findings and discussion.
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Vojvodina, Serbia. dulevapa@yahoo.com
authors: Dusan
authors: D
authors: Vapa
authors: Radosav
authors: R
authors: Radosavkic
authors: Miljen
authors: M
authors: Maletin
authors: Igor
authors: I
authors: Veselinovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000473:pathology*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D011329:Prisoners; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000473:pathology; D011693:Purpura / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*