1M.D., D.H.M. (Assistant Professor), Department of Forensic Medicine, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
2M.D. (Associate Professor), Department of Forensic Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
3M.D. (Emeritus Professor), SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
*Corresponding Author Dr. Chauhan Mohit, M.D., D.H.M. Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Online published on 31 May, 2018.
People are casual about safety measures working beneath vehicles while checking faults or doing servicing and repair jobs. Fatalities may occur with heavy weights falling over chest in these cases. We report combination of basilar skull fracture and aortic laceration complicating Perthe's Syndrome. Case illustrates instantaneous death consequent upon traumatic asphyxia related to failure of an under capacity hydraulic jack.
Perthe's syndrome, Traumatic asphyxia, Masque ecchymotique, Aortic laceration, Basilar Skull Fracture
