title: Suffocation caused by a foreign body in the upper intra-thoracic esophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: Toshihisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D004947:Esophagus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed