A Penny (or Peso) for Your Thoughts: An Unusual Intermediate Target
作者:
Craig Mallak,
Dennis Chute,
John Smialek,
期刊:
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 19,
issue 3
页码: 230-233
ISSN:0195-7910
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Gunshot;Bullet;Foreign body;Atypical gunshot wound
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Intermediate targets becoming secondary projectiles in gunshot wounds is a well recognized phenomenon. Secondary projectiles usually possess a fraction of the kinetic energy compared to the primary projectile, leading to superficial wounds of skin and soft tissue. We describe the case of a foreign object that was propelled by the primary bullet with sufficient energy to penetrate not only skin and soft tissue, but also temporal skull and brain. The report also examines the energy requirements for an object to penetrate bone and unique radiographic findings.
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