Arc-like curvilinear bullet pathways along inner surface of skull - two cases.
Bullet
Cranium
Firearm
Forensic pathology
Gunshot wound
Ricochet
Journal
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
ISSN: 1556-2891
Titre abrégé: Forensic Sci Med Pathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101236111
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Oct 2024
07 Oct 2024
Historique:
accepted:
27
09
2024
medline:
7
10
2024
pubmed:
7
10
2024
entrez:
7
10
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
To provide example cases within the peer-reviewed literature of a phenomenon related to certain gunshot wounds of the head where the bullet pathway courses along the inner table of the skull. Presentation of two cases discovered at medicolegal autopsy. The two cases provide radiologic and autopsy demonstration of bullet pathways within the head where the projectiles track along the inner aspect of the cranium, in a circumferential manner, such that the bullets are recovered in a location on the opposite side of the brain/head, with no projectile pathway within the intervening deep structures of the brain. The cases provide photographic and radiologic autopsy documentation of the phenomenon, which is described in forensic pathology textbooks and rare peer-reviewed literature sources, but without photographic demonstration. Recognition of this phenomenon in the clinical setting, or when correlating autopsy external and radiologic findings with historical information, may provide an explanation for situations where immediate incapacitation does not occur following a gunshot wound of the head.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39373952
doi: 10.1007/s12024-024-00901-9
pii: 10.1007/s12024-024-00901-9
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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