title: Asphyxiating laryngeal cyst.
abstract: Cysts of the larynx are uncommon lesions that on rare occasions may cause sudden death. We report herein the asphyxial death by an obstructing vocal cord cyst in a woman whose body was found in a setting that aroused suspicions of foul play. Features of this case and the autopsy findings are compared with a literature review of laryngeal cysts.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology