title: A suicidal gunshot wound of the back.
abstract: An 18-year-old woman committed suicide by shooting herself in the right temple, presternal region, and lower thoracic back. The anatomic and other investigative data on this case are reported and discussed in the perspective of our experience with suicides by firearms.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019567:Back Injuries; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot