title: [Fatal MDMA-intoxication with postmortem diagnosis of hyperthermia].
abstract: Hyperthermia is one of the main symptoms of the toxic MDMA effect. In a fatal intoxication, the premortal increase in body temperature may lead to a false assessment of the time of death. The problems of drug-induced hyperthermia faced by forensic pathologists and criminal investigators are discussed on the basis of a death from the autopsy material of the Berlin Institute of Legal Medicine (CCM).
authors.affiliation: Fachhochschule der Polizei des Landes Brandenburg.
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wirth
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Correns
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pragst
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmeling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine