Non-aneurysmal and non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage after attempted suicide by incomplete hanging.
- Author:
Tae Hu KIM
1
;
Soo Hoon LEE
;
Dong Hoon KIM
;
Seong Chun KIM
;
Wonyoungyong JIN
;
So Yeon KIM
;
Sang Heon SHIN
;
Sang Bong LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Hanging; Strangulation; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Suicide
- MeSH: Brain; Brain Edema; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Intracranial Pressure; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Methods; Neck; Spine; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage*; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted*
- From: Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine 2017;4(1):56-59
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Hanging is a common method of suicide that is being reported more frequently in many countries. Several complications including injuries to the cervical spine, neck vessels, and brain can occur after attempted suicide by hanging. There are only a few reports of brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of hanging victims. The most common abnormality was diffuse cerebral edema. A subarachnoid hemorrhage is an atypical complication by suicidal hanging. We report a case of a female patient who presented to an emergency department with altered mental status after attempting suicide by incomplete hanging. The patient was diagnosed with a non-aneurysmal and non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. This case shows that spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage can develop due to a sudden elevation of intracranial pressure, as occurs with hanging.
