Citation

Sigrist T, Germann U, Markwalder C. Arch. Kriminol. 1997; 200(3-4): 107-112.

Vernacular Title

Zur Anwendung der Muskelhistologie fur den Nachweis der Vitalitat eines

Affiliation

Kantonsspital St. Gallen Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Schweiz.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9446521

Abstract

The external and internal signs of vitality of hanging were often absent in a retrospective study of 55 cases of hanging. The histological examination of the cervical muscles however revealed in the majority of the cases "vital" changes in the muscle fibres, e.g. segmental or discoid fragmentation of the muscle fibres with loss of the sarcoplasmatic cross-striation. The histological examination is therefore a valid instrument for proofing the vitality of hanging and other forms of strangulation.

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