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===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
*Horizontal furrow/depression | Features: | ||
*Horizontal furrow/depression on the neck - due to ligature. | |||
*Petechiae - very common.<ref name=pmid10739219>{{Cite journal | last1 = DiMaio | first1 = VJ. | title = Homicidal asphyxia. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-4 | month = Mar | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 10739219 }}</ref> | *Petechiae - very common.<ref name=pmid10739219>{{Cite journal | last1 = DiMaio | first1 = VJ. | title = Homicidal asphyxia. | journal = Am J Forensic Med Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 1-4 | month = Mar | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 10739219 }}</ref> | ||
*+/-Fractures of the hyoid, thyroid or cricoid cartilage - more common in males.<ref name=pmid10739219/> | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*[[Hanging]] - furrow | *[[Hanging]] - furrow/depression typically rises to a point of suspension. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||