Accidental hanging among children and adults: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Accidental hanging among children and adults: A report of two cases and review of the literature

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Accidental hanging is rare.The circumstances of death are sometimes so Dilators strange and bizarre.It represents a differential diagnosis with suicidal hanging and even criminal hanging.

We report two cases of accidental hanging.The first one occurred with a 7-year-old girl playing with a curtain rope.The second with a thief who was found head-trapped Pot between two bars of a metal outer-door.

We summarize the findings of the death scene examination, the forensic autopsy and the world literature concerning death by accidental hanging.