title: Suicide by intrarectal gunshot wound.
abstract: In this report, a bizarre case of suicide is presented. The decedent, who had a history of various paraphilias, including sexual masochism and fetishism, died from a self-inflicted intrarectal gunshot wound.
authors.affiliation: Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences and the Department of Pathology, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Prahlow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004882:Erotica; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology