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This paper proposes the use of radiographic magnification to detect the effects of neck traumas. This technique, both fast and economical, has proved to be particularly useful in all those cases where post mortem examinations failed to detect valid evidence of lesions of the hyoid-larynx complex. This is the case with corpses in an advanced stage of putrefaction where death occurred as a result of pressure or when a soft object is placed between the victim’s neck and the assailant’s hands. The radiological study was performed “on site” on four cases of medicolegal interest and its potential was confirmed.
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Received: 17 March 1997 / Received in revised form: 2 June 1997
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Di Nunno, N., Costantinides, F., Bernasconi, P. et al. Radiographic magnification in the diagnosis of traumatic lesions of the hyoid-larynx complex. Int J Leg Med 111, 38–42 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050109
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050109