title: [Autoerotic fatalities in Greater Dusseldorf].
abstract: Autoerotic fatalities in the Greater Dusseldorf area correspond to the relevant medicolegal literature. Our results included exclusively young to middle-aged, usually single men who were found dead in their city apartments. Clothing and devices used showed a great variety. Women's or fetish clothing and complex shackling or hanging devices were disproportionately frequent. In most cases, death occurred due to hanging or ligature strangulation. There was no increased incidence of underlying psychiatric disorders. In most of the deceased no or at least no remarkable alcohol intoxication was found. Occasionally, it may be difficult to reliably differentiate autoerotic accidents, accidents occurring in connection with practices of bondage & discipline, dominance & submission (BDSM) from natural death, suicide or homicide.
authors: Institut für Rechtsmedizin am Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf.
authors: Benno
authors: B
authors: Hartung
authors: Florence
authors: F
authors: Hellen
authors: Nora
authors: N
authors: Borchard
authors: Wolfgang
authors: W
authors: Huckenbeck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008418:Masturbation / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D055815:Young Adult