Sudden death resulting from chicken bone perforation of the esophagus.
Sudden death caused by foreign-body perforation of the esophagus is distinctly uncommon. We report the death of an elderly patient in a nursing home who exsanguinated after she swallowed a chicken bone that perforated her esophagus and right common carotid artery.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans