title: Fatal traumatic asphyxia in a middle-aged man in association with entrapment associated hypoxyphilia.
abstract: A case is reported of a 36-year-old man who died following occlusive entrapment within a device for the purpose of hypoxyphilic gratification. The device was constructed in his own home using instructions found on his home computer down-loaded from the Internet. The device comprised a tough plastic cocoon large enough to accommodate an adult human and incorporating a system of plastic piping connected to a household vacuum cleaner for the evacuation of air within the cocoon. The mechanism of death was thought to be traumatic asphyxia after examination of the deceased and re-construction of the apparatus with the body in situ. The implications of this unusual device for the purposes of hypoxyphilic gratification by occlusive entrapment and its inherent dangers are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: Roger D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Start
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000150:complications*