Severe and Unusual domestic Violence; A Case Report and Review of Literature

Violence against women is one of the most systematic and prevalent human rights abuses in the world. Here, we aim to demonstrate a case of sever domestic violence from rural area suffering severe injuries. A 24 years old woman that has been under the violence of her worker husband aged 35 years old without any previous history of referring to legal medicine organization. She suffered broken nose, several body bruise, sever bleeding in conjunctiva, pulled nail injuries and bleeding as well as several parallel scrapes of self-mutilations on different parts of the body. Severe injuries were also observed in perineal and genital area; her vaginal, perineal and major labia were sutured by her husband resulted in severe infection and putrefactive smell. Finally, she gave up her compliance without any reason and outcome perhaps because of shame, fear and social barriers. Educational psychological programs are needed to prevent such violent events even in families with high difference of the parents' age.