[A rare case of suicide by a self-inflicted head injury].

The report presents a rare case of suicide committed by the subject by dropping a tree trunk on his head using a suspended pulley system. The corpse of a 60-year old man was found in the cellar, his head encircled by a blood puddle. A razor was placed on the floor near his right hand. A large fragment of a tree trunk and a system of hooks and pulleys fastened to the ceiling and the floor were found at the place of the accident. The autopsy revealed extensive traumatic lesions of the skull and brain.