Pfeiffer H, Fechner G, Brinkmann B
Institute of Legal Medicine, Röngenstrasse 23, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Int J Legal Med. 2005 Jan;119(1):47-9. doi: 10.1007/s00414-004-0500-1. Epub 2004 Nov 9.
A case of a 25-year-old male with a deep knife stab injury in the back is reported. The stab wound penetrated the left thorax and the left lung was injured, a thoracotomy was performed and the patient survived. The injured man could not remember what had happened, his bag was missing and the incident was therefore considered to be due to a robbery. Further results of the police investigations and the forensic pathology inspection revealed an extremely unusual accident constellation.