A throttled hemophilic who died due to choking.
It is the first reported case, in which death occurred due to asphyxia by choking in a victim of throttling. When an alcoholic hemophilic patient was throttled, he became unconscious. On regaining consciousness he died after approximately 16 h due to sub-mucosal collection of extravasated blood which blocked his upper respiratory tract. This paper stresses this unique danger of trauma to neck in hemophilic patients.
Wankhede
Ashesh Gunwantrao
AG
Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical College, Nagpur 440018, Maharashtra, India. ashesh1969@hotmail.com
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000473:pathology