title: [Suicide by severing blood vessels using local anesthesia: reduced risk in extraction of HIV infected tissue using a stomacher].
abstract: Authors report an unusual suicide undertaken by a medical person who after applying the local anesthetic lidocaine, opened a leg vein with a scalpel. The cause of the suicide was presumed advanced AIDS symptoms with a progressive Kaposi sarcoma and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. For the toxicological investigation of the tissue we used the stomacher extraction system, a method not widely known in Forensic science, however, recommended for the extraction of all infectious tissues.
authors.affiliation: Gerichtlich-medizinischen Institut, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: P X
authors.initials: PX
authors.lastname: Iten
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zollinger
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001344:Autopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D008012:Lidocaine
vernacular_title: Suicid durch Eröffnen von Gefässen unter Lokalanästhesie: risikoarme Extraktion von HIV-infiziertem Gewebe mittels Stomacher.