title: [Suicidal extraneurocranial shot into the mouth].
abstract: A case of a 51-year-old man who killed himself with a pistol-shot into his mouth is reported. The track of the bullet passed exactly in the median level completely extraneurocranially; the cause of death was a subtotal destruction of the cervical spinal cord (C2/C3). The synoptic assessment of the scene of death, the autopsy findings, the results of the securing of evidence and the criminological investigations allowed for drawing the only conclusion that the man had committed suicide.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Essen.
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trübner
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Ursel
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sannemüller
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maksymowicz
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D005389:Firearms; D044709:Forensic Ballistics; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*