title: [Fatal exorcism. A case report].
abstract: A five-year-old girl was killed by her mother when she tried to pull the devil out of the girl's mouth by means of her hands. In that way the enlarged tonsils were pushed back and caused together with the woman's fingers a temporary closure of the hypopharynx and at least the suffocation of the child. About two years ago the woman began to show paranoic ideas exacerbating up to the fatal event.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Medizinischen Fakultät (Charité) der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vendura
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Geserick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008273:Magic; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine