ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 17 August 2005
Page Count: 2

Fatal Blunt Trauma of the Larynx in a Child
Eren, B
Uludağ University,

Durak, D
Uludağ University,

Saka, E
Bursa Branch of the Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey,

Fedakar, R
Uludağ University,

Durak, VA
Baskent University,

(Received 18 February 2005; accepted 26 April 2005)

Abstract

We report an autopsy case of an 11-year-old girl who suffered mechanical asphyxia from falling off the metal bars in the playground. This autopsy case is interesting because of the atypical trauma and lesions. To our knowledge there has been no similiar published case reports in the forensic literature. The young age of the victim, the setting and the pattern of the injuries are rare in a fall at playground by a child.

Keywords:
forensic science, larynx, laringeal injury, forensic autopsy

Paper ID: JFS2005089
DOI: 10.1520/JFS2005089
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