Citation

Fulga I, Perju-Dumbrava D, Coman ME, Musat CL, Fulga A, Bulgaru-Iliescu D, Ureche D, Radu CC. Rom. J. Leg. Med. 2020; 28(4): 376-379.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Romanian Legal Medicine Society)

DOI

10.4323/rjlm.2020.376

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper discusses the death scene investigation and pertinent autopsy and toxicology findings in a rare case of suicide with a chainsaw following combined methylenedioxypyrovalerone ("bath salts") and barbiturate abuse. This information is compared to data from previous literature on chainsaw suicides. © 2020 Romanian Society of Legal Medicine.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; homicide; suicide; Suicide; Forensic; male; autopsy; case report; drug abuse; barbituric acid derivative; clinical article; human tissue; unclassified drug; larynx; pharynx; drug metabolite; Article; secobarbital; subcutaneous tissue; microanalysis; Chainsaw; methylenedioxypyrovalerone; Bath salts; Methylenedioxypyrovalerone; thyroid cartilage; liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry; muscle tissue