Beyaztaş, Fatma Yücel Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Özen, Bahadır Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Bütün, Celal Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Turkey

During autopsy, being removed shotgun with “interference” from the body of the case committing suicide with shotgun

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Injury or death cases often occur with firearms. The discharge distances are classified as adjacent, close and distant. In adjacent discharges; it is defined full adjacent if the mouth of gun barrel is completely in contact with skin, it is defined near adjacent distance if there is up to 3 cm. distance between skin and gun barrel. In this study, this case died in adjacent discharge to the bottom of xiphoideus with shotgun and was brought together with shotgun, whose gun barrel settling in the subcutaneous soft tissue, used during the event to the hospital morgue. They were also pointed out the findings concerning the discharge distance on the case and the importance of removal the shotgun in the body of the case by the safety measures.

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Shotgun , discharge distance , adjacent discharge , suicide , forensic medicine

Cumhuriyet Medical Journal

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