Publication

Suicide of a man with known allergy to fish protein by ingesting tinned fish

Journal Paper/Review - Jun 19, 2012

Units
PubMed
Doi

Citation
Sterzik V, Drendel V, Will M, Bohnert M. Suicide of a man with known allergy to fish protein by ingesting tinned fish. Forensic Sci Int 2012; 221:e4-6.
Type
Journal Paper/Review (English)
Journal
Forensic Sci Int 2012; 221
Publication Date
Jun 19, 2012
Issn Electronic
1872-6283
Pages
e4-6
Brief description/objective

On a day in November, the body of a 31-year-old man was found near a swimming lake with two open and partly emptied fish tins lying next to him. Further investigations showed that the man had been allergic to fish protein and suffered from severe depression and drug psychosis. Already some days before the suicide, he had repeatedly asked for fish to kill himself. Although the results of the chemical and toxicological examinations were negative, the autopsy findings and histological tests suggest that death was caused by an anaphylactic reaction.