Choking death on a live fish (Dicologoglossa cuneata).
A choking death of a healthy fisherman, who put a type of live sole between his jaws to free up his hands so that he could collect more fish to put into his basket, is described. The fish squirmed into the larynx and upper trachea and the attempts to rescue the man by his colleagues who used pliers did not succeed, and the man died. Other published cases are reviewed, and risk factors and rescue possibilities discussed.
Pinheiro
João
J
National Institute of Legal Medicine, Coimbra Delegation, Largo da Sé Nova, Portugal. joaopinheiro@dcinml.mj.pt
Cordeiro
Cristina
C
Vieira
Duarte Nuno
DN
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005399:Fishes; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology*