Esophagoaortic perforation by foreign body (coin) causing sudden death in a 3-year-old child

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 184-188

  Dahiya, Madhu ^a   Denton, J S ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Coin; Esophagus; Foreign body; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FOREIGN BODY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; SUDDEN DEATH;

AORTA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; FISTULA; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; NUMISMATICS;

EID: 0032990135     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00016     Document Type: Article

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