A fatal case of drinking and cyanamide intake.
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.
Kojima
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Department of Legal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
Nagasawa
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N
Yashiki
M
M
Iwasaki
Y
Y
Kubo
H
H
Kimura
N
N
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
D000431:Ethanol; D003484:Cyanamide