TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Air gun injury with deadly aftermath - Case report
JO  - Legal medicine (Elsevier)
A1  - Stankov, Aleksandar
A1  - Jakovski, Zlatko
A1  - Pavlovski, Goran
A1  - Muric, Nedzat
A1  - Dwork, Andrew J.
A1  - Cakar, Zdravko
SP  - 35
EP  - 37
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
N2  - In Republic of Macedonia the use of air guns is quite widespread. They are used mainly for target practice. They are regulated by the Law of Arms, where they are defined as pneumatic weapons. There is no legal limit on type or quantity of ammunition that one may possess. Our Institute performs at least 90% of the forensic autopsies in Macedonia. In this report we describe the only fatality by pneumatic weapon to come to our attention over the past 10 years. A 6-year-old girl was accidentally wounded by her brother when he and his father were trying a new air gun, a 4.5mm single shot, break barrel, spring piston air rifle manufactured in China under the brand "Westlake". She died within minutes. Autopsy showed cardiac tamponade due to penetration of the aorta. A 0.5g metal projectile, 4.5mm in diameter, with a pointed, conical shape, was recovered from the pericardial sac.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1344-6223
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.08.004
ID  - ref1
ER  -