Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

491-Case of Asphyxia From Drowning

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Description	Case of Asphyxia From Drowning
Author	Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Copyright	Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine

491 - Is showing the lungs, larynx, trachea and spleen from a case of asphyxia of drowning.

There are seaweeds impacted in the larynx. The lungs are pale (due to inflation with water) with "Tardieu" spots under the pleura; and the spleen is pale and shrunken (due to its contraction ).

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