Meel B L
Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Transkei, Umtata, South Africa.
Med Sci Law. 1998 Jan;38(1):81-2. doi: 10.1177/002580249803800113.
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.
