A Case of Pica with Motor-Mental Retardation and with Foreign Bodies in the Larynx and Gastrointestinal Tract: Autopsy Results and Current Literature Review
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2021
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Pica is the continuous consumption of non-nutritive and non-food items for at least one month. In this study, a 17-year-old boy picacase diagnosed with motor-mental retardation due to cerebral palsy was presented. It was learned that the case was exhibiting objectswallowing behaviour. He was found dead in the field by his relatives. At the autopsy, a 3.5x3.0x2.5 cm foreign body (stone) thatcompletely obstructed the upper part of the larynx lumen was removed. In addition, three foreign bodies were removed from thececum region. The death was caused by mechanical asphyxia due to foreign body aspiration