A case report of autohysterectomy

Self inflicted incised wounds are common on various parts of the body especially with suicidal intention on the front of wrist, neck, chest etc. But incised wounds made on a prolapsed uterus as a desperate attempt to perhaps undertake a self executed surgical excision’ does speak volumes on the state of mind of the victim. More so from the medico legal point of view since it brings to light the innumerable possibilities of deliberate self harm sometimes bordering on the bizarre, of methods that elude conventional forensic thinking.