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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Forensic Medicine</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Forensic Medicine</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Судебная медицина</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2411-8729</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2409-4161</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">16328</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/fm16328</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">VNOQGK</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Case reports</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Экспертная практика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>临床病例报告</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Forensic medical assessment of incised neck wounds self-inflicted with aluminum foil by the victim: a case report</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Медико-криминалистическая оценка резаных ран шеи при нанесении повреждений алюминиевой фольгой самим пострадавшим: случай из практики</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title>颈部切创的司法医学鉴定：铝箔自伤案例研究</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4629-4521</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2390-8227</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nazarov</surname><given-names>Yurii V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Назаров</surname><given-names>Юрий Викторович</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname>Nazarov</surname><given-names>Yurii V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук, доцент</p></bio><bio xml:lang="zh"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor</p></bio><email>Naz532@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9811-8978</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2348-4679</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nazarova</surname><given-names>Daria Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Назарова</surname><given-names>Дарья Юрьевна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname>Nazarova</surname><given-names>Daria Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>Na532z@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Бюро судебно-медицинской экспертизы</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh">Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh">Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2026-03-20" publication-format="electronic"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-13" publication-format="electronic"><day>13</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>12</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><issue-title xml:lang="zh"/><fpage>111</fpage><lpage>118</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-11-19"><day>19</day><month>11</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-03-10"><day>10</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2026,</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" start_date="2028-04-13"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://eco-vector.com/for_authors.php#07</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://for-medex.ru/jour/article/view/16328">https://for-medex.ru/jour/article/view/16328</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In contemporary forensic practice, experts are often required to determine whether observed injuries could have been self-inflicted. For investigative purposes, it is important not only to establish the possibility of self-infliction but also to correlate case circumstances with objective findings obtained during forensic medical examination. Investigations are frequently complicated by the absence of a suspected injuring object at the scene that would correspond to the observed injuries. In such situations, forensic medical examination is key: it provides objective information on the nature, localization, and morphological characteristics of injuries, as well as—critically—their potential for self-infliction. Particular attention and comprehensive analysis are required in cases where an individual inflicts severe and multiple injuries using an object that, at first glance, appears incapable of causing such damage, especially in the absence of witnesses to the suicide.</p> <p>This article presents a case of fatal self-inflicted injury caused by food packaging foil intended for individuals in custody, which occurred in a courthouse. Forensic examination demonstrated that the incised wounds could have resulted from an object possessing cutting properties and a defined cutting edge. The multilayer-folded aluminum foil presented for examination had a sufficiently rigid cutting edge, which did not exclude the possibility that it could have caused the described injuries.</p> <p>The reported case highlights the critical role of forensic medical examination in reliably assessing the possibility of fatal self-inflicted injuries.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В современной судебно-медицинской практике эксперты нередко сталкиваются с необходимостью установить, могли ли обнаруженные у человека повреждения быть нанесены им самим. При этом для следствия важно не только установить факт возможности самоповреждения, но и сопоставить обстоятельства дела с объективными данными, полученными в результате судебно-медицинской экспертизы. Зачастую расследование осложняется отсутствием на месте травмирующего предмета, соответствующего обстоятельствам, по мнению лиц, проводящих осмотр. Медико-криминалистические исследования в таких случаях играют ключевую роль, предоставляя объективную информацию о характере повреждений, их локализации, морфологических особенностях и, что особенно важно, о возможности их причинения самим пострадавшим. Особой внимательности и комплексного анализа требуют ситуации, когда человек наносит себе значительные и многочисленные травмы предметом, на первый взгляд не способным причинить данные повреждения, а свидетели самоубийства отсутствуют.</p> <p>В статье рассматривается случай причинения гражданином смертельного самоповреждения фольгой от упаковки еды, предназначенной для лиц, содержащихся под стражей, произошедший в здании суда. При проведении экспертизы установлено, что резаные раны на теле могли образоваться от воздействия предмета, обладающего режущими свойствами и имеющего в следообразующей части режущую кромку. Представленная многослойно сложенная алюминиевая фольга имела в основании твёрдый режущий край, что не исключает возможности причинения ею вышеуказанных повреждений.</p> <p>Описанный случай из практики демонстрирует, что судебно-медицинская экспертиза играет ключевую роль в достоверной оценке возможности самостоятельного причинения пострадавшим смертельных самоповреждений.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"><p>在现代法医实践中，专家经常需要判定人体所发现的损伤是否可能为自伤行为所致。对此，调查工作不仅需确认自伤的可能性，更须将案件情况与法医检验获得的客观数据进行比对。由于现场往往缺少勘察人员认为符合致伤情景的致伤物，调查常陷入困境。此时法医刑侦研究发挥着关键作用，可提供关于损伤性质、位置、形态特征的客观信息，尤其能鉴定损伤由受害者自身造成的可能性。当个体使用表面不具致伤能力的物品造成自身重大或多处创伤，且缺乏自杀目击者时，更需要特别审慎的态度和系统性综合分析。</p> <p>本文探讨了一起发生在法院建筑物内的案例：一名公民使用原供被拘留人员食用的食品包装铝箔造成致命性自伤。经法医鉴定确认，体表切割伤可由具有锋利切割特性、且其成痕部分具有切割刃的物体造成。所提供的多层折叠铝箔基底存在坚硬切削刃，不排除其造成上述损伤的可能性。</p> <p>该实践案例表明，法医学检验在准确评估受害者自主实施致命性自伤的可能性方面起着关键作用。</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>forensic medical examination</kwd><kwd>casuistry</kwd><kwd>incised wound</kwd><kwd>suicide</kwd><kwd>self-inflicted injury</kwd><kwd>case report</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>судебно-медицинская экспертиза</kwd><kwd>казуистика</kwd><kwd>резаное ранение</kwd><kwd>суицид</kwd><kwd>самоповреждение</kwd><kwd>клинический случай</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="zh"><kwd>法医学鉴定</kwd><kwd>个案研究</kwd><kwd>切割伤</kwd><kwd>自杀</kwd><kwd>自伤</kwd><kwd>临床案例</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Zykov VV, Mal’tsev AE, Sheshunov IV. 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