@article{ref1,
title="Major Vascular Neck Injury From a Handgun Cartridge Casing",
journal="American journal of forensic medicine and pathology",
year="2010",
author="Guerrero, Alejandro and Vassallo, David J.",
volume="31",
number="4",
pages="388-389",
abstract="We present a case from the Johannesburg General Hospital of a zone II low-velocity penetrating neck injury with involvement of the ipsilateral subclavian artery. When the &quot;bullet&quot; was retrieved, it was noted not to be an actual bullet but rather a cartridge casing. We speculate that this injury represents one of several possible misfiring scenarios from a homemade firearm.  Injuries from homemade firearms are infrequent in the literature, and only one other similar case of a cartridge casing causing a penetrating injury was found. A brief review of homemade handheld firearms is offered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0195-7910",
doi="10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181fc357d",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181fc357d"
}