NAIL GUN INJURY TO THE BRAIN - AN UNUSUAL CASE OF SUICIDE

被引：20
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作者：
VISWANATHAN, R
MACARTHUR, DC
WHITTLE, IR
机构：
[1] Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
来源：
SCOTTISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1994年 / 39卷 / 03期
关键词：
BRAIN INJURY; NAIL GUN; SUICIDE;
D O I：
10.1177/003693309403900310
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
An unusual case of fatal suicidal craniocerebral penetrating injury due to a nail gun is described The victim, a 52 year old joiner experienced in the use of nail drivers, shot himself just above the forehead in the midline, driving the nail through his hypothalamus and midbrain. Death was delayed by nearly 24 hours.
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