Airway burn

The dark and patchy coloration that becomes confluent in all the trachea closest to this image, is due to the presence of abundant accumulated carbon particles and combined with mucus. They were inhaled during a fire and may exist with or without airway burn. The endoscopic examination is “poorly lit”; this effect is a consequence … Read more

Burn of the upper airway: large anthracotic macules spread in groups over the mucosa of the tracheal wall, very swollen, after the accidental inhalation of smoke and hot gases.