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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1684-18242019000401020</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Ahorcamiento con soga. Presentación de un caso atípico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Hanging with rope. Presentation of an atypical case]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bayona Santana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diana R]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villalonga Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dra]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Clínico Quirúrgico Provincial Comandante Faustino Pérez Hernández  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>1020</fpage>
<lpage>1027</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000401020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000401020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242019000401020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Las asfixias mecánicas son aquellas que resultan de un impedimento mecánico a la penetración del aire en las vías respiratorias. Suelen clasificarse atendiendo a la naturaleza del medio mecánico que las origina, y a su modo de actuar. El ahorcamiento no es más que la constricción del cuello, ejercida por un lazo sujeto a un punto fijo, sobre el cual ejerce tracción el propio peso del cuerpo. La muerte, según las circunstancias del caso, puede ocurrir por un mecanismo asfíctico, circulatorio, inhibitorio o por lesión medular (caso raro de presentación). El presente trabajo constituyó un caso atípico de ahorcamiento. El ciudadano que resultó fallecido, al dejarse caer bruscamente del balcón de su vivienda, con el dogal en el cuello (soga) y quedar pendiendo el cuerpo, ocasionó un traumatismo raquimedular severo; lo que trajo como consecuencia que se produjera una fractura de la 3ra vértebra cervical, y una contusión medular que lo llevó a la muerte de forma instantánea por el shock medular ocasionado. Para la discusión del caso se tuvo en cuenta los elementos del lugar del hecho, y el examen del cadáver externa e internamente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Mechanical asphyxias are those resulting from a mechanical interruption of air penetration to the respiratory tract. They are usually classified according to the nature of the mechanical mean originating them and the way they perform. Hanging is no more that the neck constriction, executed by a lace attached to a fixed point, on which the proper weight of the body applies traction. Death, according to the circumstances of the case, may occur by an asphyxiating, circulatory, inhibitory mechanism or by medullar lesion (a rare case of presentation). The current work reports a case of atypical hanging. The person who died, when abruptly jumped down the balcony of his house with the rope around the neck and the body was left pending, suffered a severe spinomedullar trauma, causing a fracture of the 3rd cervical vertebra, and a medullar contusion causing an instantaneous death due to the medullar shock. To discuss the case, the authors took into account elements of the location where it took place, and the external and internal examination of the body.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ahorcamiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[traumatismo raquimedular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[shock medular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hanging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[spinomedullar trauma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medullar shock]]></kwd>
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