title: A fatal case of drinking and cyanamide intake.
abstract: A 34-year-old housewife with alcohol dependence vomited severely, lost consciousness, and died after she took more than 20 ml of 1% calcium cyanamide, and alcoholic beverage containing about 129 g of ethyl alcohol. An autopsy was performed around 16 h after death. The body weighed 55.5 kg, and moderate lung edema was found. Ethanol concentrations were 4.24 mg/g in the left heart blood, 4.39 mg/g in the right heart blood, and 21.55 mg/g in the stomach contents. Cyanamide concentrations were 0.63 microgram/g in the left heart blood, 0.20 microgram/g in the right heart blood, and 0.22 microgram/g in the stomach contents. The cause of death was determined to be acute ethanol intoxication with alcohol-cyanamide reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yashiki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003484:Cyanamide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D004347:Drug Interactions; D000431:Ethanol / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D003484:Cyanamide