title: A screwdriver in the skull : A case report of an unusual finding.
abstract: The examination of the body of a murdered adult female found in her apartment revealed the presence of a 6-inch screwdriver in the skull cavity that had been inserted through the medial border of the left eye. The presence of a small bruise around the medial aspect of the eye together with the absence of fresh hemorrhage along the tract of the screwdriver was consistent with a postmortem origin. Death, however, was caused by a large incised wound of the neck and multiple skull fractures consistent with hammer blows.
authors: Forensic Pathology Unit University of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Robert Kilpatrick Building, LE2 7LX, Leicester, United Kingdom, rb146@le.ac.uk.
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