Collateral Damage-Penetrating Head Injury and Orbital Injury: A Case Report

Deyle, Simone; Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K; Kneubuehl, Beat P; Buck, Ursula; Thali, Michael J; Voisard, Matthias X (2011). Collateral Damage-Penetrating Head Injury and Orbital Injury: A Case Report. American journal of forensic medicine & pathology, 32(3), pp. 215-218. Hagerstown, Md.: Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318219c863

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We report a case of an accidental death or potential suicide by revolver with subsequent injury of another person. A 44-year-old man shot himself in the head while manipulating his.38 caliber special revolver in the kitchen in the presence of his wife, standing approximately 1.5 m next to him. After passing through the husband's head, the lead round-nose bullet entered the region underneath his wife's left eye. When the bullet left the man's head, it retained the energy to penetrate the soft tissue at this distance, including the skin and thin bone plates like the orbital wall. Owing to the low energy of the projectile, the entry wound was of atypical in shape and without loss of tissue. Only a small line-resembling a cut-was externally visible. The man died in the hospital from his injuries; his wife suffered visual loss of her left eye.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > University Emergency Center 04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Legal Medicine
UniBE Contributor:	Exadaktylos, Aristomenis, Kneubühl, Beat P., Buck, Ursula, Thali, Michael
ISSN:	0195-7910
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:21
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2023 23:20
Publisher DOI:	10.1097/PAF.0b013e318219c863
PubMed ID:	21540723
Web of Science ID:	000293956200007
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/6877 (FactScience: 211926)