Suicide attempt by intravenous injection of gasoline: a case report.

  • Katrin Fink
  • Alexander Kuehnemund
  • Tilmann Schwab
  • Annette Geibel-Zehender
  • Thorsten Bley
  • Bode Christoph
  • Hans-Joerg Busch

Abstract

There is much experience with intoxication by aspiration of volatile hydrocarbon products, whereas intravenous injection of these distillates is rare. There are only few reports that describe a wide variety of associated pathological changes, predominantly in the pulmonary system.

Bibliographical data

Original languageGerman
Article number5
ISSN0736-4679
Publication statusPublished - 2010
pubmed 19217240