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Delayed asphyxia due to inhalation injury

Fracasso, Tony ; Schmeling, Andreas

In: International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2011, vol. 125, no. 2, p. 289-292

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    Titre
    • Delayed asphyxia due to inhalation injury
    Auteur
    • Fracasso, Tony. Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital, Münster, Germany
    • Schmeling, Andreas. Institute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital, Münster, Germany
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2011, vol. 125, no. 2, p. 289-292. Springer-Verlag
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:316272
    Summary
    We report the case of a 53-year-old man who was found dead in his apartment 2days after a little fire during which he had suffered from second to third degree burns at 2% of the body surface, also involving the skin around the mouth and the nose. At autopsy, severe acute emphysema and mucopurulent obstructive laryngotracheobronchitis were observed. The histology showed desquamative loss of the respiratory epithelium up to the middle bronchi; the bronchial lumen was filled with clumps of mucopurulent secretions mixed with necrotic epithelial cells. The cause of death was a delayed asphyxia due to inhalation injury