TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - An autopsy case of prolonged asphyxial death caused by the impacted denture in the esophagus
JO  - Legal medicine (Elsevier)
A1  - Funayama, Kazuhisa
A1  - Fujihara, Junko
A1  - Takeshita, Haruo
A1  - Takatsuka, Hisakazu
SP  - 95
EP  - 98
VL  - 23
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1344-6223
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.10.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -