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Citation

Hadas N, Schiffer J, Rogev M, Shperber Y. J. Trauma 1990; 30(3): 358-359.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2313761

Abstract

Tangential missile wounds of the head without skull fracture are a known entity. Usually, references in the literature indicate that this type of injury results from a high-velocity missile impact. We present a case of a tangential missile head wound caused by a low-velocity missile. As the range of fire was short, the quantity of energy that might be released could be equated with that released by a high-velocity missile fired from a much longer range. This possibility should be brought to the attention of clinicians as an essential element in this pre-treatment clinical evaluation. We propose a pathomechanical explanation for the development of the clinical state.


Language: en

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