Atypical autoerotic deaths

Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1992 Jun;13(2):115-9. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199206000-00007.

Abstract

So-called "typical" autoerotic fatalities are the result of asphyxia due to mechanical compression of the neck, chest, or abdomen, whereas "atypical" autoeroticism involves sexual self-stimulation by other means. We present five atypical autoerotic fatalities that involved the use of dichlorodifluoromethane, nitrous oxide, isobutyl nitrite, cocaine, or compounds containing 1-1-1-trichloroethane. Mechanisms of death are discussed in each case and the pertinent literature is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane
  • Cocaine* / blood
  • Humans
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated*
  • Male
  • Nitrites / blood
  • Nitrogen Oxides*
  • Nitrous Oxide / analysis
  • Paraphilic Disorders / complications
  • Paraphilic Disorders / pathology*
  • Solvents
  • Substance-Related Disorders / blood
  • Substance-Related Disorders / complications
  • Substance-Related Disorders / pathology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / urine
  • Trichloroethanes / analysis

Substances

  • Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane
  • Hydrocarbons, Halogenated
  • Nitrites
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Solvents
  • Trichloroethanes
  • 1,1,1-trichloroethane
  • isobutyl nitrite
  • Cocaine
  • Nitrous Oxide
  • dichlorodifluoromethane