title: Autoerotic asphyxial death following television broadcast.
abstract: How individuals who engage in autoerotic asphyxial activities first become aware of its purported erotic potential is debated. The case of an adult male who died from autoerotic asphyxiation shortly after watching a television show that discussed sexual asphyxiation is reported. A request is made that medical examiners and coroners report other accidental autoerotic deaths that are temporally associated with this television broadcast.
authors.affiliation: Ventura County Medical, Examiner-Coroner, CA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: O'Halloran
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Lovell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008418:Masturbation; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013690:Television