TY - JOUR
T1 - Unusual attempted suicide or covered attempted homicide? A neck stabbing case report and review of literature
AU - Ventura Spagnolo, Elvira
AU - Sapienza, Daniela
AU - Benedetto, Filippo
AU - La Corte, Francesco
AU - Mondello, Cristina
AU - Cardia, Luigi
AU - La Corte, Francesco
AU - Salamone, Ignazio
AU - Benedetto, Filippo
AU - Stassi, Chiara
AU - Baldino, Gennaro
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - A medico-legal consult is frequently required in a clinical context in order to assess the eventual compatibility of specific wounds with a self- or hetero-infliction. Accordingly, the case of a 52-year-old man with a single, penetrating stab wound of the neck, reported as self-inflicted, is here presented. The forensic aspects, taken into account in order to determine the self- or hetero-infliction nature of the wound, are further discussed and compared to cases described in the literature.
AB - A medico-legal consult is frequently required in a clinical context in order to assess the eventual compatibility of specific wounds with a self- or hetero-infliction. Accordingly, the case of a 52-year-old man with a single, penetrating stab wound of the neck, reported as self-inflicted, is here presented. The forensic aspects, taken into account in order to determine the self- or hetero-infliction nature of the wound, are further discussed and compared to cases described in the literature.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/438791
M3 - Article
SN - 0937-9827
JO - International Journal of Legal Medicine
JF - International Journal of Legal Medicine
ER -