Korean J Leg Med.
2007 May;31(1):78-81.
Incidence of Subconjunctival Petechiae by Type of Hanging
- Affiliations
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- 1Institute of Forensic Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea. gyhuh@pusan.ac.kr
Abstract
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Hanging is traditionally classified as complete, incomplete by the completeness of suspension and typical, atypical by the
point of suspension and location of knot. It has been well known that the signs of hanging including subconjunctival petechiae
are different according to the type of hanging. We evaluated the incidence of subconjunctival petechiae on 260 cases of
hanging and classified the point of suspension and location of knot, ligature mark, and position on cases with subconjunctival
petechiae. The subconjunctival petechiae was found in 33.6% of all cases, mostly seen in incomplete, atypical hanging.
However, about 30% of incomplete, atypical hanging showed no definite subconjunctival petechiae. The patterns of location
of ligature mark, type of knot, and position were somewhat different between positive and negative cases of subconjunctival
petechiae in incomplete, atypical hanging.