title: [Mandibular fracture following stab injury with a knife].
abstract: Stab injuries of the face accompanied by fractures of the jaws are rare. The report deals with the case of a young man, who suffered a penetrating stab injury to the cheek and fracture of the mandible in an assault. The forensic questions to be answered were if the findings were compatible with a stab and subsequent fracture, if one of the confiscated instruments could have been the causative weapon and if the injury had to be assessed as life-threatening. Both the soft and the hard tissue injury confirmed the assumption that they were caused by a stab. It was not possible, however, to assign the injury to a specific knife from the submitted exhibits on the basis of the clinical findings. In the discussion the serious nature of stab injuries in the facial region is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Zahn-, Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie.
authors.forename: Reinhard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002610:Cheek / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014059:Tongue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*