Value of the serum thyroglobulin level for diagnosing neck compression in postmortem cases

To investigate the relationship between blood thyroglobulin (Tg) levels and neck compression, the Tg levels of right cardiac blood were measured using a chemiluminescence immunoassay in 256 autopsy cases. There were 11 cases in which neck compression was confirmed based on autopsy findings and other information, in which the mean Tg level was 3155 ng/mL (range: 179–16,500 ng/mL). In the remaining cases, the mean Tg level was 4160 ng/mL (range: 0.3–139,000 ng/mL). There was no significant difference between the mean Tg levels of the two groups. In a comparison between the case groups with Tg levels of ≥200 ng/mL and