Citation

Smialek JE, Chason JL, Kshirsagar V, Spitz WU. J. Forensic Sci. 1981; 26(2): 431-434.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7264587

Abstract

Fresh intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage may occur secondary to blast-type injury of the spinal cord. This phenomenon is demonstrated in four cases of gunshot and shotgun wounds involving the spinal column. The significance of such a finding is that the subarachnoid hemorrhage should not be construed to represent an independent injury. Such an erroneous conclusion could jeopardize a theory of self-defense in a homicidal shooting.

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