Choking due to fruit drink aspiration

A case of a fatal foreign material aspiration is presented in the following paper. During the autopsy, an orange colored mucus plug was noted in the trachea, which was completely oc-cluding the lumen from mid-level downwards causing a lethal respiratory insufficiency. The bio-chemical and chemical analysis was positive for fructose; there was history of intake of a mango fruit drink just before induction for sur-gery. The anatomo-pathological exam of the lungs showed the signs of acute asphyxia (Mi-croscopic examinations revealed atelectasia, em-physema, eosinophilic exudate and empty spaces). This case represents a rare lethal event related to the aspiration of a fruit drink in a child just prior to induction