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Postmortem Hyperthermia: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature by Franchi Angélique; Gauchotte Guillaume; Gambier Nicolas; Raul Jean Sébastien; Martrille Laurent is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract In this daily practice, the forensic pathologist is rarely confronted with postmortem hyperthermia associated with the rapid onset of rigor mortis. We report 2 similar cases where the rectal temperature value taken during the on-scene investigations by the forensic pathologist was greater than 40°C (104°F) in both cases, and rigor mortis was complete within less than 6 hours postmortem. The first case was due to a deadly intoxication by ecstasy and the second one to the deadly association of methadone and a possible neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Infection-related deaths were eliminated. Thus, the association of postmortem hyperthermia and rapid-onset rigor mortis would suggest in the first hypothesis a toxic death, particularly 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. However, an autopsy and toxicological analysis are necessary to confirm the cause of death.
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- Author
- Franchi Angélique; Gauchotte Guillaume; Gambier Nicolas; Raul Jean Sébastien; Martrille Laurent
- Publisher
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)