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KMID : 0357820090330020122
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2009 Volume.33 No. 2 p.122 ~ p.125
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A Shotgun Injury with Billiard Ball Ricochet Effect
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Park Jeong-Woo
Kim Youn-Shin
Lee Han-Young
Choi Cheol-Ho
Lee Joon-Ho
Cho Whee-Yeol
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Abstract
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Because of the strict gun control system in Korea, deaths from gunfire injury cannot be frequently seen in the legal autopsies. Injuries or deaths among the registered hunters using shotguns, though not common, have been reported via mass media. We experienced a 52-year-old male’s shotgun death in which the manner of death was mostly assumed to be a suicide. The shotgun injury presented the billiard ball ricochet effect, in which a large wound was formed on the inner side of the left thoracic cavity by spraying out of pellets while a small entry wound by bunched pellets was on the left anterior chest wall.
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KEYWORD
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shotgun injury, billiard ball ricochet effect, suicide
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