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Unusual Cut-throat Injury in a Couple with Psychiatric Illness: A Case Report


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1 People's Trauma and Emergency Hospital, Guntur, India
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
     

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Infliction of cut-throat injuries with the intention of homicide or suicide is common in India. The main features that differentiate the homicidal and suicidal cut-throat injuries are the presence of hesitation cuts, depth of the wound, signs of struggle, edges of the wound, etc. Presence of injuries that are contradicting with the classical descriptions provided in the standard literature were found in a couple suffering from psychiatric illness, which is the highlight of this case report.

Keywords

Cut-Throat Injury, Hesitation Cuts, Suicide, Homicide, Psychiatric Illness
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Authors

S. Sreedhar Reddy
People's Trauma and Emergency Hospital, Guntur, India
S. Sudhakar
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
K. Sanjeev
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
G. Mahesh
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Uday Pal Singh
Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract


Infliction of cut-throat injuries with the intention of homicide or suicide is common in India. The main features that differentiate the homicidal and suicidal cut-throat injuries are the presence of hesitation cuts, depth of the wound, signs of struggle, edges of the wound, etc. Presence of injuries that are contradicting with the classical descriptions provided in the standard literature were found in a couple suffering from psychiatric illness, which is the highlight of this case report.

Keywords


Cut-Throat Injury, Hesitation Cuts, Suicide, Homicide, Psychiatric Illness

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