About a cocaine-associated sudden death casework.
A man 24-year-old died suddenly while he was doing shopping. It was supposed that the death was caused by ictus or by cardiac pathology. During the autopsy, some biological samples were taken (hair, urine, blood and lachrymal liquid) for the toxicological analysis and also the heart, some fragments from the liver, lungs, spleen, and kidneys for the histo-pathological analysis.
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Department of Pathology, 89128 Reggio Calabria, Italy. simef@tiscali.it
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D000328:Adult; D002110:Caffeine / Q000097:blood; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000097:blood; D003042:Cocaine / Q000032:analysis; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods
D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D002110:Caffeine; D003042:Cocaine