Citation

Schneider F, Pigolkin II, Erlich E, Dmitrieva OA, Fedchenko TM. Sud. Med. Ekspert. 2003; 46(6): 28-31.

Vernacular Title

Sudebno-meditsinskoe znachenie smerti pri netipichnom seksual'nom povedenii:

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Izdatelstvo Meditsina)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14689781

Abstract

The diagnosis of death of autoerotic asphyxia has not been virtually stated by Russian forensic medical expert. All such cases were interpreted as mechanical asphyxia entailing suicide, and "accidental" or "fatal" death. The authors observed, during the recent 5 years, 10 lethal cases in different-type autoerotic practice. Strangulation asphyxia was the death cause in 7 cases. Compression asphyxia, inhaling of glue vapor and electric shock caused death, each in one case. Death of asphyxia seizes to be exceptional; it is rather a regular phenomenon in the present-day life, which needs a proper research from 2 standpoints--etiopathogenesis, and forensic medical diagnosis.

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