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Estudio de las lesiones cervicales en el diagnóstico de ahorcamiento y su etiología médico legal, Morgue central de Lima, año 2014
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-12-17) Fernandes Tavares, Sonia Maria; Castañeda Casas, Elba
In the present work, cervical lesions that are produced by hanging are studied, through macroscopic and microscopic findings that allow a correct diagnosis and legal medical etiology, especially in cases where there may be suspicion of criminality. The study is quantitative, descriptive and retrospective, the cases of hanging in the city of Lima are analyzed; In 2014, the data was obtained through legal medical reports, from the Morgue Central de Lima, with a sample of 108 cases. It was determined that, in the central morgue of Lima, in 2014, there were no cervical injuries that allowed to determine that the deaths by hanging were by post-morten suspension, that is to say that all had as etiology the suicide. Neck grooves, muscle injuries, hemorrhages of vascular tissue, carotid tears, hyoid fracture or thyroid cartilage, are macroscopic findings that allow diagnosis of death by hanging, in cases where there may be suspicion of criminality, you can Check bleeding from vascular tissue or carotid tears that are vital indicators. At the microscopic level, cervical lesions that allow death to be determined by hanging are: flattening of the dermis and epidermis in the furrow, muscle and vascular hemorrhages, carotid tears and fractures of the hyoid with associated hemorrhage. From the sociodemographic study it can be concluded that the age group most prone to commit suicide by hanging is between 16 and 30 years of age. mostly single and male