Citation

Goldberg RM, Lee S, Line WS. J. Emerg. Med. 1990; 8(3): 281-283.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2373837

Abstract

Thermal injuries to the upper airway are a well-recognized complication of the inhalation of steam and hot gases, but have only rarely been reported to occur in relation to the ingestion of heated foodstuffs. We report the case of an acute laryngeal burn caused by the ingestion of a microwave-heated food product, a previously undescribed complication of ingesting microwave-processed foods.

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