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Citation

Karger B, Banaschak S, Brinkmann B. Arch. Kriminol. 1997; 199(5-6): 159-166.

Vernacular Title

Erhaltene Handlungsfahigkeit bei Gehirnschussverletzung. Kasuistik und

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Münster.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9313065

Abstract

A case of physical activity following a suicidal gunshot to the head including perforation of the left frontal lobe from a .22 rimfire rifle is reported. Subsequently, the man was able to walk a distance of more than 100 m and to reload manually. The special wound ballistic features of the head leading to increased intracranial projectile effects are discussed and the morphological changes such as cortical contusion zones, intracerebral hemorrhages or indirect skull fractures are explained. The analysis of 38 cases of head shots followed by physical activity reveals that injury to certain CNS-areas or the use of centre fire rifles and large handguns usually excludes a potential for subsequent physical activity. But physical activity is possible if the trajectory is restricted to the frontal brain or one temporal lobe only and if a projectile of low wounding potential has been used for this gunshot.


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