@article{ref1,
title="An autopsy case of prolonged asphyxial death caused by the impacted denture in the esophagus",
journal="Legal medicine (Elsevier)",
year="2016",
author="Funayama, Kazuhisa and Fujihara, Junko and Takeshita, Haruo and Takatsuka, Hisakazu",
volume="23",
number="",
pages="95-98",
abstract="A foreign body impacted in the esophagus is not a rare incident among adults or children. In adults, a dental prosthesis is prone to become impacted in the esophagus. The diagnostic difficulty of this often causes a delay in its removal, which can lead to serious complications, including death. This report describes the autopsy case of a man who died of prolonged asphyxiation induced by the delayed removal of an impacted denture, which was misdiagnosed on his first visit notwithstanding that a part of the denture could be seen on X-rays. Cases in which an impacted denture led to death have rarely been reported in contrast to numerous papers about recovered cases.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1344-6223",
doi="10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.10.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.10.006"
}