Citation

Sheahan K, Page DV, Kemper T, Suarez R. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1988; 9(1): 51-53.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3354525

Abstract

The case history is presented of a 4-year-old boy, with a history of pica, who aspirated table pepper with subsequent respiratory arrest, severe anoxia, and death. We believe this to be the first case reported in the literature of fatal accidental aspiration of pepper.

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