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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152018000100152</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estrangulación suicida atípica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Atypical self-induced strangulation]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Borquez Vera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pamela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quezada Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miranda Vásquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elvira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pachar Lucio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Vicente]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Departamento de Tanatología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Unidad de Histopatología  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Chile</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Medicina legal y Ciencias Forenses de Panamá  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Panamá.</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>152</fpage>
<lpage>159</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152018000100152&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152018000100152&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152018000100152&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El hallazgo de un cadáver con signos de suspensión y en circunstancias dudosas plantea la posibilidad de que la muerte esté relacionada a la intervención de terceros. Presentamos el caso de un varón de 36 años que fue encontrado muerto, con una compresión cervical mecánica extrínseca, en una vía pública, sin testigos del hecho. Inicialmente, se investigó el caso como un homicidio, con diagnóstico diferencial de suicidio. El estudio exhaustivo del sitio de la muerte, más el examen post-mórtem completo, incluyendo: autopsia, histopatología y toxicología, permitió descartar la posibilidad de la acción de terceros y confirmar la hipótesis diagnóstica de una estrangulación autoinducida, de ubicación atípica, ejecutada con lazo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Finding a suspended body in doubtful circumstances raises the possibility that the manner of death is homicide. We present the case of a 36 years-old male who was found dead, with extrinsic mechanical cervical compression, on a public place, there were no witnesses of the fact. Initially, the case was investigated as a homicide, with differential diagnosis of suicide. The comprehensive analysis of the scene and a complete post-mortem examination: including autopsy, histopathology and toxicology results, allowed us to rule out the possibility of the action of third parties and confirm the hypothesis of a self-induced atypical strangulation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Medicina Forense]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estrangulación a lazo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Suicidio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Forensic Medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ligature Strangulation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Suicide]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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