title: A sudden death case from retropharyngeal abscess.
abstract: A sudden death case, a 21-year-old man, from retropharyngeal abscess is reported. It seemed to be caused by an injury in the posterior wall of the pharynx by an ingested foreign body. Because he had never consulted a doctor, it had grown large in several days and ruptured into the pharynx, and he died suddenly from airway obstruction by the inhaled pus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchigasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000473:pathology*