Unusual autopsy finding: Simon's bleeding

dc.contributor.authorEren, Bulent
dc.contributor.authorTurkmen, Nursel
dc.contributor.authorAkgoz, Semra
dc.contributor.authorCetin, Selcuk
dc.contributor.authorEren, Filiz
dc.contributor.authorGundogmus, Umit Naci
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:47:22Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:47:22Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: To determine whether or not hanging had taken place before or after the death of the victim is quite important in the identification of criminal cases pretended to be suicidal attempts. Material and Methods: Evidence for Simon's bleeding was searched in cases included in the study group after retracting soft tissue and organs away from the field of interest for full exposure of the region of lumbar spinal veretebrae without macroscopic grading of the severity of bleeding, and determining the lumbar level of bleeding. The cases autopsied in Bursa Morgue Department between 2009 and 2011 were retrospectively investigated and evaluated. Results: A total of 848 cases (664 males, and 184 females, male/female ratio, 3.6 :1) were included in the study. A total of 270 (31.8 %) cases had Simon's bleeding. A significant difference in the frequency of Simon's bleeding exists among various causes of death. A 28.5 % (n = 77) of the cases with Simon's bleeding were in the group with hanged death cases (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Splinter bleedings identified originally by Simon on the ventral, and later dorsal aspects of the spinal disci in cases of hanging were also observed later in deaths not related to hanging, however it was concluded that these types of bleeding could not be detected in cases of postmortem hanging. When we evaluated all groups, the results we obtained do not support the assertion that the incidence of Simon's bleeding decreases with aging. Instead, when compared with all other groups, the incidence of Simon's bleeding was also higher in cases of hanging with the highest mean age.
dc.identifier.endpage551
dc.identifier.issn1318-0347
dc.identifier.issn1581-0224
dc.identifier.issue9
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84885909501
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage545
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24864
dc.identifier.volume82
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000326003800002
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSlovene Medical Soc
dc.relation.ispartofZdravniski Vestnik-Slovenian Medical Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectautopsy
dc.subjectSimon's bleeding
dc.subjectforensic medicine
dc.titleUnusual autopsy finding: Simon's bleeding
dc.title.alternativeNeobi?ajen obdukcijski izvid: Simonova krvavitev
dc.typeArticle

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