Fatal gunshot wound to the head

Case contributed by Sajoscha A. Sorrentino
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male

Right-to-left transit of projectile with skull fracture, pneumocephalus, blood in the ventricles and diffuse cerebral edema.

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