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  • Title: [Rare case of death due to suffocation following upper airways closure by a mucolaryngocoele].
    Author: Kaliszan M.
    Journal: Otolaryngol Pol; 2011; 65(3):233-5. PubMed ID: 21916226.
    Abstract:
    The report presents a rare case of suffocation due to upper airways obstruction by a large mucolaryngocoele. The mechanism of death by suffocation was confirmed by histopathological examination of the lungs which showed acute lungs ectasy. Location of the laryngocoele hindered standard intubation by emergency doctor. Maybe the victim's life could have been saved by immediate conio- or tracheotomy, which in this case was not performed.
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