title: Bone beveling caused by blunt trauma: a case report.
abstract: The authors report a fatal case of blunt trauma to the skull caused by a rib of a beach umbrella. The skull displayed a round hole in the right temporal bone with typical internal beveling. Blunt trauma mimicking a gunshot wound (round perforation of the skull with internal beveling) is very rarely reported in the forensic literature.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale et d'Anthropologie Médico-Légale, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, and CEPAM (UMR CNRS 7264), Avenue de Valombrose, 06107, Nice Cedex 2, France. quatrehomme.g@chu-nice.fr.
authors.forename: Gérald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quatrehomme
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, Service de Médecine Légale et Droit de la Santé, CHU Timone, 13005, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Dominique
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Piercecchi-Marti
authors.affiliation: CEPAM (Cultures et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen Âge), UMR 7264-CNRS Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Campus Saint-Jean d'Angély 3, 24 avenue des Diables Bleus, 06357, Nice Cedex 4, France.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buchet
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Médecine Légale et d'Anthropologie Médico-Légale, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, and CEPAM (UMR CNRS 7264), Avenue de Valombrose, 06107, Nice Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alunni
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot
keywords: Anthropology; Blunt trauma; Forensic anthropology; Gunshot wounds; Internal beveling