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A Swine Model of Neonatal Asphyxia
Published on: October 11, 2011
Fatal traumatic asphyxia in a middle-aged man in association with entrapment associated hypoxyphilia
Andrew Hitchcock1, Roger D Start
1Department of Histopathology, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, UK.
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.
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