1Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, Purba Bardhaman-713104, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author email id: drpartha99md@gmail.com
This is a case report of a suicidal hanging with the rare finding of a split laceration as a peri-ligature injury. The plausible mechanism of the injury is the compressive force acting almost vertically on the neck structures, splitting the tissue that is supported by the underlying thyro-hyoid complex.
Forensic pathology, Hanging, Ligature, Split-laceration, Peri-ligature injury, Suicide, Autopsy
