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  • Title: An accidental suffocation by a rubber balloon.
    Author: Meel BL.
    Journal: Med Sci Law; 1998 Jan; 38(1):81-2. PubMed ID: 9481083.
    Abstract:
    This report presents an autopsy case of a 10-year-old child, who was accidentally suffocated by a rubber balloon that adhered tightly to the epiglottis, occluding air entry. Suffocation by rubber balloon is not uncommon, but the mechanism in this case was unique. The post-mortem findings are given and the conclusion is drawn that such death could have been avoided.
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