Difference between revisions of "Gunshot wounds"

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 Characteristics:
 *Usually bigger than entrance wounds.
-*Morphologic shape -- variable.
+*Morphologic shape -- variable/irregular.
-**Round, stellate, ovoid.
+**May be : stellate, ovoid, round.
-*NO abrasion at wound margin (key feature).
+**Looks like it may be easily approximated with sutures -- unlike a typical entrance wound.
+*NO abrasion at wound margin - '''key feature'''.
 *In skull -- outer table defect typically larger than inner table defect (external beveling).
-Atypical exit wounds:
+===Atypical exit wounds===
-*"Shored" exit wounds.
+"Shored" exit wounds:
-**Exit defect created whilst surface supported/adjacent to firm surface.
+*Exit defect created whilst surface supported/adjacent to firm surface.
-**Supporting surface may lead to abrasion.
+*Supporting surface may lead to abrasion.
-**May appear to be an entrance wound.
+*May appear to be an entrance wound.
 ==Special entrance/exit wounds==