title: Autoerotic death. A definition.
abstract: A definition of autoerotic death is suggested that restricts the use of this term to accidental deaths that occur during individual, usually solitary, sexual activity in which a device, apparatus, or prop that was employed to enhance the sexual stimulation of the deceased in some way caused unintended death. The case of the autoerotic asphyxial death of a 48-year-old man is reported in order to demonstrate the application of this definition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Byard
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Bramwell
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders; D014189:Transsexualism