Review of Traumatic Asphyxia Syndrome with a Case Presentation

Traumatic asphyxia is a rare syndrome in which the thoracoabdominal region is exposed to pressure and it presents with cervicofacial cyanosis and oedema, subconjunctival haemorrhage, and petechial haemorrhage in the face, neck and upper part of chest. In this report we present a 28 year old male patient whose whole body except the head and neck stayed under soil for about 30 minutes as an example case in order to review traumatic asphyxia syndrome.