Glass penetrating skull injury mimicking projectile injury

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Authors

Blumenthal, Ryan

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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

A 29-year-old man was involved in a motor vehicle accident as a driver in May 2021. According to the available history, his car overturned and hit a wall. Death was due to head injury. Diffuse brain injury was present. A small piece of glass penetrated the left occipital bone of the skull. What was remarkable was that this wound mimicked a projectile injury. Were it not for the small fragment of glass lodged within the central aspect of the bony wound defect, this wound could have been construed as that of a projectile injury.

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Glass, Penetrating skull injury, Projectile, Mimic, Forensics, Artifact, Autopsy

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG-03: Good health and well-being

Citation

Blumenthal, Ryan. Glass Penetrating Skull Injury Mimicking Projectile Injury. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 43(2): e10-e11, June 2022. DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000724.