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dc.contributor.author | Kitulwatte, I.D.G. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Pollanen, M.S. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T09:32:51Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T09:32:51Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The Medico-Legal Journal of Sri Lanka. 2011; 1 (1): 46-48 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2012-5887(Print) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2091 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Evidence of pressure on the neck forms a spectrum of degree from minimal to marked. We report a case of fatal pressure on the neck with minimal external signs. A 27 year old woman was found dead in her home. A blood stained knife and a blood stained bathrobe belt with hair entangled in it were discovered at the scene. Autopsy revealed a stab injury to the chest extending to the right lung and multiple contusions to the head, face and extremities. There were petechial haemorrhages on bilateral eyelids and conjunctivae. There were 2 small contusions on the front of the neck. Special neck dissection revealed a small haemorrhage in the sternocleidomastoid muscle and a haemorrhagic fracture of the right superior horn of the thyroid cartilage. Cause of death was given as pressure on the neck in a woman with stab injury to the right chest. Petechial haemorrhages play a major role in confirming the cause of death when there is minimal evidence for application of pressure on the neck. | en_US |
dc.publisher | College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.title | A Case of fatal pressure on the neck in a woman with a stab injury | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Forensic Medicine | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka | en_US |
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