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Characteristics: | Characteristics: | ||
*Usually bigger than entrance wounds. | *Usually bigger than entrance wounds. | ||
*Morphologic shape -- variable. | *Morphologic shape -- variable/irregular. | ||
** | **May be : stellate, ovoid, round. | ||
*NO abrasion at wound margin | **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). | *In skull -- outer table defect typically larger than inner table defect (external beveling). | ||
Atypical exit wounds | ===Atypical exit wounds=== | ||
"Shored" exit wounds: | |||
*Exit defect created whilst surface supported/adjacent to firm surface. | |||
*Supporting surface may lead to abrasion. | |||
*May appear to be an entrance wound. | |||
==Special entrance/exit wounds== | ==Special entrance/exit wounds== | ||