Citation

Herbstein JA, Breglia GA, Rodrigues Paquete CA, Vega A. Forensic Sci. Int. Rep. 2020; 2: e100084.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.fsir.2020.100084

PMID

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Abstract

This is the presentation of a finding during an autopsy carried out on a 4-year old girl at the Judicial Morgue of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina, who died as a result of complications of a massive ascariasis, a parasitic infestation caused by Ascaris lumbricoides (paracitic nematode worms). The existence of a medical record is unknown, with the only positive data being the findings observed during the autopsy and complementary studies. Death occurred due to asphyxiation caused by the aspiration of a large number of the parasites; for this reason, we consider that this case is of particular interest since it is a rare cause in etiological considerations, from the point of view of forensic pathology, as the cause of obstruction of the airways.

Language: en

Keywords

Airway; Ascariasis; Asphyxia; Autopsy; Obstruction