TY - JOUR PY - 1993// TI - Fatal intoxication involving etryptamine JO - Journal of forensic sciences A1 - Morano, R. A. A1 - Spies, Claudia A1 - Walker, F. B. A1 - Plank, S. M. SP - 721 EP - 725 VL - 38 IS - 3 N2 - A case of fatal intoxication due to the ingestion of Etryptamine (ethyltryptamine) is reported. Toxicological findings included the following tissue distribution: blood (heart) 5.6 mg/L; urine 80.4 mg/L; vitreous 2.4 mg/L; bile 22.0 mg/L; stomach contents 52.9 mg, brain 16.2 mg/g; liver 18.3 mg/g and kidney 24.0 mg/g. Anatomic pathology showed pulmonary edema and generalized visceral congestion with some epicardial petechiae.

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