TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Toluene abuse as a contributing factor in a case of fatal autoerotic asphyxia
JO  - Legal medicine (Elsevier)
A1  - Handlos, Petr
A1  - Gebauerová, Vladimíra
A1  - Papoušek, Roman
A1  - Handlosová, Klára
A1  - Dokoupil, Marek
A1  - Klabal, Ondřej
A1  - Uvíra, Matěj
SP  - e102062
EP  - e102062
VL  - 57
IS  - 
N2  - Autoerotic asphyxia is a form of deviant sexual behavior that seeks sexual gratification by means of manipulation with one's own body resulting in asphyxia, and may sometimes turn out to be fatal. Autoerotic fatalities involving autoerotic asphyxia are divided into two groups: "typical" autoerotic fatalities involve mechanical compression of the neck, chest or abdomen, whereas "atypical" autoeroticism involves sexual self-stimulation by other means. Cases where asphyxiophilic behavior is accompanied by volatile substance abuse are reported to be rather rare, but may involve a high risk of fatal results. This paper presents a case of accidental "atypical" autoeroticism involving victim's abuse of toluene, which, combined with asphyxiophilic airway occlusion, led to death. For the sake of comprehensiveness, both a verbal description and a schematic representation of the major metabolic pathways of acute and chronic abuse metabolic markers is provided.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1344-6223
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2022.102062
ID  - ref1
ER  -