Citation

Byard RW, Bramwell NH. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1991; 12(1): 74-76.

Affiliation

Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2063822

Abstract

A definition of autoerotic death is suggested that restricts the use of this term to accidental deaths that occur during individual, usually solitary, sexual activity in which a device, apparatus, or prop that was employed to enhance the sexual stimulation of the deceased in some way caused unintended death. The case of the autoerotic asphyxial death of a 48-year-old man is reported in order to demonstrate the application of this definition.

Language: en