Citation

Panda BB, Sethi SS, Nayak SR. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2015; 9(2): 88-91.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2015.00081.X

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Death due to choking is observed in all age group but small children below 4 years of age are the common victims. Choking is commonly seen in children when objects such as small toys, table tennis ball and coins are placed in mouth or inhaled. Children younger than 1 year of age are more likely to aspirate food; whereas older children tend to choke on non-food items. We hereby report a case of death due to choking which was brought to the mortuary of SCB Medical College, Cuttack for autopsy. A 7yr old male child of southern part of Odisha sent for autopsy to the medical college with a history of an impacted foreign body (whistle) in the respiratory tract. The deceased accidentally swallowed the whistle 2 days back and after proper investigation failed to remove it by the local doctors. Then he died on the way to our medical college for treatment. On autopsy the place of sticking of the whistle within the larynx was noticed. The autopsy findings along with its treatment aspect are discussed in the paper.

Language: en