TY - JOUR PY - 1989// TI - A fatal case of oral ingestion of toluene JO - Forensic science international A1 - Ameno, K. A1 - Fuke, C. A1 - Ameno, S. A1 - Kiriu, T. A1 - Sogo, K. A1 - Ijiri, I. SP - 255 EP - 260 VL - 41 IS - 3 N2 - A 51-year-old male ingested orally a large quantity of toluene and died about 30 min later. The presence of toluene in body fluids and tissues was confirmed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Tissue distribution of toluene showed that the liver detected the highest content of toluene (433.5 micrograms/g), except for the stomach contents, followed by pancreas (88.2 micrograms/g), brain (85.3 micrograms/g), heart (62.6 micrograms/g), blood (27.6 micrograms/g), fat (12.2 micrograms/g) and finally cerebrospinal fluid (11.1 micrograms/g).

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