Suicide of a diabetic by inducing hyperglycemic coma

Deaths due to hyperglycemic and hyperosmolar coma in diabetics are usually disease-related. In the exceptional case reported here then was evidence fo r an intentional ingestion of a sugar solution, the person was a diabetic a nd known to be depressive suggesting a suicidal intention. The autopsy find ings were inconspicuous and only further laboratory findings led to the fin al diagnosis.