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ArticleBone reports2024

Case report: Death caused by multi-organ metastatic calcifications as a result of intramuscular injections with paraffin oil.

Søren Reinhold Jakobsen, Marta Diaz-delCastillo, Martin Blomberg Jensen, Thomas Levin Andersen, Ebbe Eldrup, Trine Skov Nielsen

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Article in Bone reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Søren Reinhold JakobsenDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark.
Marta Diaz-delCastilloDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark.
Martin Blomberg JensenDepartment of Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev-Gentofte Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thomas Levin AndersenDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark.
Ebbe EldrupDepartment of Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev-Gentofte Copenhagen, Denmark.
Trine Skov NielsenDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Aarhus University, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, Aarhus N 8200, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKGentofte Hospital · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this forensic case report, we present autopsy findings from a young male in his thirties who had been self-injecting paraffin oil into his upper extremities 8 years prior to death. The injections induced an inflammatory response, leading to granuloma formation. This, in turn, resulted in severe hypercalcemia. The external autopsy examination revealed gross macroscopic ulcerations and enlargement of upper extremities, while calcifications of ligaments, heart, kidneys and dura mater was revealed on postmortem CT-scans. Histopathological examination showed extensive multiorgan metastatic calcifications in several tissues including the lungs, heart and kidney. Cause of death was estimated to be the extensive calcific deposits in the heart likely resulting in cardiac arrest. To our knowledge this is the first case reporting findings from an autopsy in which the cause of death was linked to cosmetic oil injections.

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Cosmetic oil injectionsForensic medicineHypercalcemiaParaffinomaPostmortem computed tomography

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PMID38487753
PMCPMC10937221
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