ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 May 2003
Page Count: 3

The Analysis of an Intracerebral Hematoma for Drugs of Abuse
(Received 8 December 2002; accepted 7 December 2002)

Abstract

Toxicological investigations were performed on an intracerebral hematoma, antemortem blood, and postmortem blood of an individual who was found unresponsive in his home. The hematoma was found to have ethanol at a concentration of 0.05% (w/v), and benzoylecgonine (a cocaine metabolite) was also confirmed at a concentration of 0.43 mg/L by specific analysis using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). These results enabled the pathologist to record the cause of death as intracerebral hemorrhage due to acute cocaine intoxication.

Keywords:
forensic science, intracerebral hematoma, cocaine, ethanol

Paper ID: JFS2002358
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2002358
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