title: [Unusual case of gunshot by self-made firearm].
abstract: A case of suicide with the use of a primitive self-made firearm, constructed with a steel tube was presented. Victim standing on a stool, with hanging loop around neck, shot himself to mouth with fourteen steel balls. At this moment the weapon tore apart wounding hand of the victim.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej CM UJ w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konopka
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013405:Suicide; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*