title: Choking death on a live fish (Dicologoglossa cuneata).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Legal Medicine, Coimbra Delegation, Largo da Sé Nova, Portugal. joaopinheiro@dcinml.mj.pt
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Duarte Nuno
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: 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*