Post-mortem investigation into a death involving doping agents: The case of a body builder.


Journal

Drug testing and analysis
ISSN: 1942-7611
Titre abrégé: Drug Test Anal
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101483449

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2022
Historique:
revised: 25 07 2022
received: 21 04 2022
accepted: 25 07 2022
pubmed: 15 8 2022
medline: 12 10 2022
entrez: 14 8 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

A young male was found dead on the bed of a hotel room. He was expected to take part in a bodybuilding competition the day after. During the site inspection, drugs of different types were found. The next day, an autopsy was performed. The evidence of cardiomegaly with organ congestion involving lung, liver, kidneys, adrenal glands, spleen and brain was confirmed by both the autoptic and the histopathological exam. However, the cause of death needed to be investigated. A thorough toxicological investigation was undertaken by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) on samples of urine, blood and hair. Clenbuterol, a long-acting selective beta Hair analysis has proven to be crucial in identifying drug misuse and the contributing cause of death.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35964965
doi: 10.1002/dta.3350
pmc: PMC9804486
doi:

Substances chimiques

Anabolic Agents 0
Testosterone Congeners 0
Epitestosterone 481-30-1
Androsterone C24W7J5D5R
Clenbuterol XTZ6AXU7KN

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1795-1799

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Authors. Drug Testing and Analysis published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

Donata Favretto (D)

Legal Medicine and Toxicology, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Giulia Stocchero (G)

Toxicology Sector, Provincial Health Services Agency, Trento, Italy.

Roberto Pertile (R)

Legal Medicine and Toxicology, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Raffaella Stimamiglio (R)

Legal Medicine and Toxicology, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Antonello Cirnelli (A)

Specialist in Legal Medicine in Portogruaro, Portogruaro, Italy.

Maddalena Galeazzi (M)

School of Specialisation in Legal Medicine, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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