title: A fatal case involving proparacaine.
abstract: A 16-year-old female died soon after inhaling proparacaine. Analysis of the tissues revealed an amphoteric compound consistent with a hydrolysis product prepared in the laboratory by reacting proparacaine with HCl in the presence of heat.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000506:poisoning*; D001566:Benzocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000506:poisoning*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D001566:Benzocaine