Swollen Lips After a Night of Partying-An Allergic Reaction to Ecstasy?
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Swollen Lips After a Night of Partying-An Allergic Reaction to Ecstasy? / Schröder, Ann Sophie; Andresen-Streichert, Hilke; Anders, Sven.
In: J FORENSIC SCI, Vol. 64, No. 4, 07.2019, p. 1281-1282.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Swollen Lips After a Night of Partying-An Allergic Reaction to Ecstasy?
AU - Schröder, Ann Sophie
AU - Andresen-Streichert, Hilke
AU - Anders, Sven
N1 - © 2019 American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Ecstasy (MDMA) is a mood-lifting drug with numerous somatic side effects, for example, dehydration or continuous chewing and biting. We describe the case of a young woman who underwent a forensic medical examination for suspected sexual assault. She claimed to have suffered from a memory lapse, and she had a painful swelling of her lips with a plaque-like coating on her lips and buccal mucosa. The attending physician suspected that these findings might have been caused by strong sucking pressure on her lips within the context of a sexual assault. A toxicological examination of a blood specimen verified that she had been under the influence of an extremely high dose of ecstasy (1.456 mg/L MDMA and 0.0213 mg/L MDA). Pursuant to the forensic medical assessment, the described findings on her lips, and buccal mucosa were interpreted as an allergic and mechanical reaction (through continuous chewing and biting) to ecstasy.
AB - Ecstasy (MDMA) is a mood-lifting drug with numerous somatic side effects, for example, dehydration or continuous chewing and biting. We describe the case of a young woman who underwent a forensic medical examination for suspected sexual assault. She claimed to have suffered from a memory lapse, and she had a painful swelling of her lips with a plaque-like coating on her lips and buccal mucosa. The attending physician suspected that these findings might have been caused by strong sucking pressure on her lips within the context of a sexual assault. A toxicological examination of a blood specimen verified that she had been under the influence of an extremely high dose of ecstasy (1.456 mg/L MDMA and 0.0213 mg/L MDA). Pursuant to the forensic medical assessment, the described findings on her lips, and buccal mucosa were interpreted as an allergic and mechanical reaction (through continuous chewing and biting) to ecstasy.
KW - Drug Hypersensitivity/diagnosis
KW - Edema/chemically induced
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Lip Diseases/chemically induced
KW - Mouth Mucosa/pathology
KW - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/adverse effects
KW - Street Drugs/adverse effects
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1111/1556-4029.13999
DO - 10.1111/1556-4029.13999
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 30644549
VL - 64
SP - 1281
EP - 1282
JO - J FORENSIC SCI
JF - J FORENSIC SCI
SN - 0022-1198
IS - 4
ER -