Citation

Meel BL. Med. Sci. Law 1998; 38(1): 81-82.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Transkei, Umtata, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9481083

Abstract

This report presents an autopsy case of a 10-year-old child, who was accidentally suffocated by a rubber balloon that adhered tightly to the epiglottis, occluding air entry. Suffocation by rubber balloon is not uncommon, but the mechanism in this case was unique. The post-mortem findings are given and the conclusion is drawn that such death could have been avoided.

Language: en