Citation

Besler K, Kleiber M, Zerkowski HR, Trubner K. Int. J. Legal Med. 1998; 111(2): 88-90.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s004140050121

PMID

9541857

Abstract

Crossbow injuries to the thorax are nowadays uncommon. The type of arrowhead used determines not only the form of entrance wound but often the outcome of these injuries. We report the case of a 38-year-old man who attempted to commit suicide by firing a bolt from a sport crossbow into his heart. Although the bolt penetrated the mediastinum causing a deep intraseptal myocardial lesion and the pre-operative diagnostic procedure delayed the necessary operation, the patient survived.

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