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*Ethanol intoxication.<ref name=pmid20666919>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nikolić | first1 = S. | last2 = Zivković | first2 = V. | last3 = Dragan | first3 = B. | last4 = Juković | first4 = F. | title = Laryngeal choking on food and acute ethanol intoxication in adults--An autopsy study. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 56 | issue = 1 | pages = 128-31 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01510.x | PMID = 20666919 }}</ref> | *[[Ethanol]] intoxication.<ref name=pmid20666919>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nikolić | first1 = S. | last2 = Zivković | first2 = V. | last3 = Dragan | first3 = B. | last4 = Juković | first4 = F. | title = Laryngeal choking on food and acute ethanol intoxication in adults--An autopsy study. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 56 | issue = 1 | pages = 128-31 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01510.x | PMID = 20666919 }}</ref> | ||
*Neurologic disease.<ref name=pmid17209932>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dolkas | first1 = L. | last2 = Stanley | first2 = C. | last3 = Smith | first3 = AM. | last4 = Vilke | first4 = GM. | title = Deaths associated with choking in San Diego county. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 52 | issue = 1 | pages = 176-9 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00297.x | PMID = 17209932 }}</ref> | *Neurologic disease.<ref name=pmid17209932>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dolkas | first1 = L. | last2 = Stanley | first2 = C. | last3 = Smith | first3 = AM. | last4 = Vilke | first4 = GM. | title = Deaths associated with choking in San Diego county. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 52 | issue = 1 | pages = 176-9 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00297.x | PMID = 17209932 }}</ref> | ||
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Features:<ref name=pmid12134758>{{cite journal |author=Bohnert M, Ropohl D, Pollak S |title=[Forensic medicine significance of the fluid content of the sphenoid sinuses] |language=German |journal=Arch Kriminol |volume=209 |issue=5-6 |pages=158–64 |year=2002 |pmid=12134758 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | Features:<ref name=pmid12134758>{{cite journal |author=Bohnert M, Ropohl D, Pollak S |title=[Forensic medicine significance of the fluid content of the sphenoid sinuses] |language=German |journal=Arch Kriminol |volume=209 |issue=5-6 |pages=158–64 |year=2002 |pmid=12134758 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | ||
*Lung emphysema; "kissing lungs" = lungs touch one another -- on opening the chest. | *Lung emphysema; "kissing lungs" = lungs touch one another -- on opening the chest. | ||
*Froth in the trachea. | *Froth in the [[trachea]]. | ||
*Paltauf spots -- light-red washed-out appearing fingertip-sized spots.<ref>URL: [http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3 http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | *Paltauf spots -- light-red washed-out appearing fingertip-sized spots.<ref>URL: [http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3 http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | ||
**Thought to arise from hemolysis + fluid decedent drown in. | **Thought to arise from hemolysis + fluid decedent drown in. | ||
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===Toxicology=== | ===Toxicology=== | ||
*Classically has the smell of "rotten eggs".<ref name=pmid20920221>{{cite journal |author=Morii D, Miyagatani Y, Nakamae N, Murao M, Taniyama K |title=Japanese experience of hydrogen sulfide: the suicide craze in 2008 |journal=J Occup Med Toxicol |volume=5 |issue= |pages=28 |year=2010 |pmid=20920221 |pmc=2954931 |doi=10.1186/1745-6673-5-28 |url=}}</ref> | *Classically has the smell of "rotten eggs".<ref name=pmid20920221>{{cite journal |author=Morii D, Miyagatani Y, Nakamae N, Murao M, Taniyama K |title=Japanese experience of hydrogen sulfide: the suicide craze in 2008 |journal=J Occup Med Toxicol |volume=5 |issue= |pages=28 |year=2010 |pmid=20920221 |pmc=2954931 |doi=10.1186/1745-6673-5-28 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Lab: ''thiosulfate'' | *Lab: ''thiosulfate''. | ||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
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*Patterned ovoid contusions (from the fingers). | *Patterned ovoid contusions (from the fingers). | ||
*+/-Defensive-type injuries. | *+/-Defensive-type injuries. | ||
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Image:Hofmann_Lehrbuch_suidide_hanging.jpg | Drawing of suicide by hanging. (WC/National Library of Medicine) | |||
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===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||