We have located links that may give you full text access.
CASE REPORTS
JOURNAL ARTICLE
REVIEW
Fourth-Degree Perineal Laceration in Nonconsenual Fisting: A Case Report, Brief Review of the Literature, and Medicolegal Issues.
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 2017 September
We present the case of an 18-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted with transanal forearm penetration resulting in a fourth-degree perineal laceration. Fisting is an uncommon sexual practice consisting in the penetration of the vagina, anus, or both of them with fingers, hand (fist) or forearm.Perineal lacerations are a relatively common finding in both consensual and nonconsensual fisting victims. Even though cases of fisting with first-, second-, and third-degree lacerations have been reported in literature, only one previous case of fourth-degree perineal laceration has been described in a woman, who died after anal fisting.The clinical and morphological findings related to this sexual practice have been presented. No previous reports concerning nonfatal cases of fourth-degree perineal laceration, due to anal fisting, exists in literature. We report a case in which the forensic evaluation and the identification of the sexual assault were delayed because of both the atypical and uncommon pattern of injury and the unconsciousness of the patient. The information gathered thanks to this article would support forensic pathologists and sexual assault forensic examiners in recognizing doubtful cases, and this is particularly important when the suspect of sexual assault arise.
Full text links
Related Resources
Trending Papers
Get seemless 1-tap access through your institution/university
For the best experience, use the Read mobile app
All material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2024 by WebMD LLC.
This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.
By using this service, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.
Your Privacy Choices
You can now claim free CME credits for this literature searchClaim now
Get seemless 1-tap access through your institution/university
For the best experience, use the Read mobile app