Citation

Smith OC, Berryman HE, Symes SA, LeVaughn MM. J. Forensic Sci. 1993; 38(3): 739-741.

Affiliation

Dept. of Pathology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8515226

Abstract

A woman received a contact gunshot wound to the abdomen from a .22 caliber revolver. She recovered only to succumb to another gunshot wound six months later. The initial wound was dissected and multiple intact granules of round flake gunpowder were recovered. Cross sections of granules were clearly identifiable in histologic slides. Recovery of intact powder in remote wounds has not been previously described and may help classify the ammunition and weapon used to produce the injury.

Language: en