Noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema after attempted suicide by hanging

Unintentional strangulation by a cervical collar after attempted suicide by hanging.

We report the case of a young man who attempted suicide by hanging and whose neurological status deteriorated until the cervical collar, that had been correctly placed by the prehospital team, was removed. We discuss the physiopathological mechanisms leading to death in hanging that is, a blockage of the blood stream to the brain leading to vasogenic and cytotoxic cerebral edema rather than asp...

Non-aneurysmal and non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage after attempted suicide by incomplete hanging

Hanging is a common method of suicide that is being reported more frequently in many countries. Several complications including injuries to the cervical spine, neck vessels, and brain can occur after attempted suicide by hanging. There are only a few reports of brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of hanging victims. The most common abnormality was diffuse cerebral edema. A ...

[Treatment of brain edema after attempted hanging].

Evaluation of suicide prevention after attempted suicide.

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[Global cerebral ischemic findings in a woman who attempted to commit suicide by hanging].

We will discuss clinical and radiological findings of a woman who attempted suicide by hanging. We report a 19-year-old women attempted suicide by hanging herself. There was no known period of global brain ischemia. She had a score of 7 on the Glasgow coma scale. CT scan showed bitemporal hippocampal atrophy and SPECT showed non-activated area on right temporal and temporo-occipital regions. Th...