title: Suicide by an electric power drill.
abstract: Suicide by means of an electric power drill with dual penetration of the anterior aspect of the thorax is described. Cause of death was a perforating injury of the heart with pericardial tamponade, combined with bleeding into the thoracic cavity caused by a perforation of the left lung. Psychiatric background revealed a long-term depression, in part with psychotic symptoms.
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine and Neuropsychiatry, Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria, fabio.monticelli@sbg.ac.at.
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Monticelli
authors: Harald J
authors: HJ
authors: Meyer
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Keller