Hanging: Postmortem findings

Hanging: Postmortem findings,Strangulation,Medico-legal aspects of hanging. Introduction Postmortem findings Ligature  mark is  above  thyroid  cartilage,  inconplete,  bitaterally  symmetrial  and  directed  obliquely  upward extending  to  the  angles  of  mandible,  then  to  mastoid  and  finally  to  occipital protuberance.  Ligature  mark is  an example  of  imprinted/pressure/patterned  abrasion. There is  dribbling of saliva  from  the  angle  of the  mouth