The judgment of a gunshot wound with severe post-mortem changes

H Asamura; K Takayanagi; L Chunyan; M Ota; H Fukushima

doi:10.1016/s1344-6223(99)80035-2

The judgment of a gunshot wound with severe post-mortem changes

Leg Med (Tokyo). 1999 Sep;1(3):185-7. doi: 10.1016/s1344-6223(99)80035-2.

Authors

H Asamura¹, K Takayanagi, L Chunyan, M Ota, H Fukushima

Affiliation

¹ Department of Legal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-862, Japan.

PMID: 12935493
DOI: 10.1016/s1344-6223(99)80035-2

Abstract

This is a report on an autopsy case that revealed a gunshot wound to the back of the head. On examination of the external surface, an entrance and exit wound could not be found in the head region because of the severe post-mortem changes and the atypical entrance wound position and direction of the bullet tract; X-rays taken before the internal examination were effective in this case. In this case, the direction of the bullet tract was supposed to be similar to that of the suboccipital puncture.