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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2017

Paradoxical undressing associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage in a non-hypothermia case?

Emilienne Descloux, Kewin Ducrot, Maria Pia Scarpelli, Alexander Lobrinus, Cristian Palmiere

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emilienne DesclouxCentre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale, University Centre of Legal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Chemin de la Vulliette 4, 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Kewin DucrotCentre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale, University Centre of Legal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Chemin de la Vulliette 4, 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Maria Pia ScarpelliCentre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale, University Centre of Legal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Chemin de la Vulliette 4, 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Alexander LobrinusDivision of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital Centre and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Cristian PalmiereCentre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale, University Centre of Legal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Chemin de la Vulliette 4, 1000, Lausanne, Switzerland. cristian.palmiere@chuv.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5799-9893
University Centre of Legal Medicine · CHUniversity of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paradoxical undressing is a phenomenon characterizing some fatal hypothermia cases. The victims, despite low environmental temperatures, paradoxically remove their clothes due to a sudden feeling of warmth. In this report, we describe a case of suspected paradoxical undressing in a non-hypothermia case. The victim, a 51-year-old Caucasian man, was found dead wearing only sneakers and socks. All other clothing was found in his car. Postmortem investigations allowed the hypothesis of hypothermia to be ruled out and revealed the presence of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm that caused a subarachnoid hemorrhage, the latter responsible for the death. The absence of any elements suggesting a voluntary undressing or any third party's DNA profile or involvement along with the possibility that the subarachnoid hemorrhage might have determined a hypothalamic injury, somehow rendered conceivable the hypothesis of an inappropriate feeling of warmth due to hemorrhage-induced dysregulation of the hypothalamic temperature-regulating centers.

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Aneurysm, RupturedClothingIntracranial AneurysmBody Temperature RegulationDiagnosis, DifferentialForensic PathologyHumansHypothalamusHypothermiaMaleMiddle AgedSubarachnoid HemorrhageAneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageAutopsyDeathForensicHypothalamusParadoxical undressing

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