Gordon I, Shapiro H A, Taljaard J J, Engelbrecht H E
Forensic Sci. 1976 Mar-Apr;7(2):161-70. doi: 10.1016/0300-9432(76)90032-7.
Post-mortem radiological studies of the hyoid-larynx complex on excised specimens were undertaken. The post-mortem specimens were fixed to polysterene boards by ratio-translucent plastic pins. Radiological examinations revealed a fracture of the left greater cornu of the hyoid bone in a case of suicidal hanging; a fracture through the calcified right superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage in a case of blunt trauma to the left side of the head and neck; and a fracture artefact through the middle of the left greater cornu of the hyoid bone through compression of the structure by manipulation during the process of removal of the neck structures. In each instance the fracture sites were exposed and photographed. The use of a technique which permits a radiological examination of free dissected specimens of the hyoid-larynx complex has many advantages in the medicolegal investigations of injuries of the neck.
对切除标本上的舌骨-喉复合体进行了尸检放射学研究。尸检标本通过半透明塑料针固定在聚苯乙烯板上。放射学检查发现，在一例自杀性缢死病例中，舌骨左侧大角骨折；在一例头部和颈部左侧钝器伤病例中，甲状软骨钙化的右上角骨折；以及在颈部结构切除过程中，由于操作对结构的挤压，舌骨左侧大角中部出现骨折假象。在每种情况下，骨折部位都进行了暴露和拍照。使用一种允许对舌骨-喉复合体游离解剖标本进行放射学检查的技术，在颈部损伤的法医学调查中有许多优点。
