Title of presented paper: The case of a teenager with decapitation on toboggan run -- forensic medicine case report.

Autor: Kaczmarska, Anna, Juda, Piotr, Pajor, Dawid, Nowak, Milena, Wójcik, Łukasz
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Zdroj: European Journal of Clinical & Experimental Medicine; 2023 Supplement, p31-31, 1p
Abstrakt: Introduction and aim. Deaths due to decapitation are occasional, particularly the ones connected to traffic accidents are rarely found in forensic practice. The exact mechanism can vary depending on the method used, but the result is the same -- a separation between the head and the body. In this report, we provide an overview of the mechanisms of injury and postmortem changes, in a case of an accident where the cause of decapitation was an effect of collision with a structural element of the toboggan run. Description of the case. The decapitated body of a 15-year-old man, was found on the toboggan run. On the body, the striped skin abrasion was present on the left upper torso. At autopsy, the examination of the cervical wound showed occipital bone and the articular surfaces of the occipital condyles in the region of the great foramen, with no damage to the cricoid cartilage from the front. In terms of the neck stump, the cervical spine was visible, and the upper surface of the first cervical vertebra was exposed, with a fracture gap of the vertebral arch at the level of the pivot tooth. Histopathological examination of pulmonary tissue showed signs of acute emphysema. Multiple fractures including a fracture of the mandible and right humerus were reported. Conclusion. The injuries found at the autopsy do not make it clear from which side the force acted. Based on the edges of the neck stump that rise backward, it can be concluded that the forces that took action involved in this accident were bilateral. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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