[Medico-legal aspects of deaths by mechanical asphyxia occurring in Abidjan from 2002 to 2020].

Aim: The aim of this work was to describe the deaths by mechanical as phyxiation that occurred in Abidjan in order to contribute to their prevention.

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study carried out over a period of 19 years (2002-2020) and relating to deaths by mechanical asphyxia treated by Forensic Medicine.

Results: Deaths by mechanical asphyxiation represented 1.

A case of autopsy discovery of acute chest syndrome triggered by pulmonary embolism in a sickle cell patient.

This is a case report about a 7-year-old male child with sickle cell anemia (S/β) who died unexpectedly during hospitalization, justifying the performance of a forensic autopsy completed by histological examination of organ fragments and toxicological analyses of biological fluids. The diagnosis retained was pulmonary thromboembolism as the cause of death occurring in the context of an acute chest syndrome (ACS). The mechanism of occurrence of this pulmonary embolism was vascular stasis caused by sickle cell disease.

[Medico-legal aspects of deaths by mechanical asphyxia occurring in Abidjan from 2002 to 2020].

Aim: The aim of this work was to describe the deaths by mechanical as phyxiation that occurred in Abidjan in order to contribute to their prevention.

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study carried out over a period of 19 years (2002-2020) and relating to deaths by mechanical asphyxia treated by Forensic Medicine.

Results: Deaths by mechanical asphyxiation represented 1.