ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 2

Sudden Death by Inhalation of Cyclopropane
Krause, JG
Greene county coroner and chief investigator, Greene County Coroner, OH

McCarthy, WB
Greene county coroner and chief investigator, Greene County Coroner, OH

(Received 27 June 1988; accepted 10 October 1988)

Abstract

This paper reports the case of a 22-year-old white male who was found dead in a storage room as a result of a fatal ingestion of cyclopropane. Cyclopropane is a sweet-smelling, irritating gas. Autopsy findings revealed congestion and hemorrhagic edema of the lungs, congestion of the trachea, and early autolysis. Cyclopropane was determined by headspace gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. To our knowledge, this is the first reported fatality involving cyclopropane.

Keywords:
toxicology, pathology and biology, cyclopropane, death

Paper ID: JFS12730J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12730J
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