Sudden death by inhalation of cyclopropane.
This paper reports the case of a 22-year-old white male who was found dead in a storage room as a result of a fatal ingestion of cyclopropane. Cyclopropane is a sweet-smelling, irritating gas. Autopsy findings revealed congestion and hemorrhagic edema of the lungs, congestion of the trachea, and early autolysis. Cyclopropane was determined by headspace gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. To our knowledge, this is the first reported fatality involving cyclopropane.
Greene County Coroner, Xenia, OH.
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D000328:Adult; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D003521:Cyclopropanes / Q000506:poisoning*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications
D000777:Anesthetics; D003521:Cyclopropanes; C030797:cyclopropane