title: [Computed tomographic classification of gunshot wounds of the head].
abstract: Twenty-four patients following head bullet injuries were analyzed by CT. The major part, concerning 10 patients, refers to acute perforating lesions. Five cases showed penetrating injuries, 3 cases bolt injuries, the other ones lesions of the facial skull and residues of former bullet injuries. Because of a tempory cavitation the bullet track is wider than the bullet itself. The position of the skull fragments gives a hint to the shot direction. A reconstruction of intracranial bullet movements and spontaneous bullet dislocations is made possible by CT. It further shows secondary posttraumatic lesions.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: Computertomographische Klassifikation von Kopfschussverletzungen.