title: Sudden death due to ingestion of cocaine.
abstract: A 27-year-old male died as the result of swallowing a bag of cocaine. Using gas chromatography and ultraviolet spectrophotometry, the concentration of cocaine was determined on all specimens submitted for analysis. These analyses revealed what may possibly be the highest concentrations of cocaine ever reported in the toxicology literature. These values were confirmed by another medical examiner toxicology laboratory.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003042:Cocaine / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine