title: A Wormian Bone, Mimicking an Entry Gunshot Wound of the Skull, in an Anthropological Specimen.
abstract: Wormian bones (WB) are irregular small cranial ossicles found along suture lines and fontanels. In Brazil, gunshot wounds to the skull are quite common in young individuals. Nevertheless, as far as we know, this is the first report of a WB giving an erroneous aspect of gunshot entrance due to its displacement position. The present manuscript describes the case of a Brazilian young man who died due to ballistic trauma, where a gaping bony defect on the right side of the skull was thought to be the exit wound of an injury related to the destruction found on the left side, highly suggestive of firearm injury. Thus, this case study has brought to light similarities between a traumatic lesion and an orifice of a WB, with emphasis on differential diagnosis during routine anthropological examinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Av. Limeira, 901 Areão, Piracicaba, SP, CEP: 13414-903, Brazil.|Forensic Anthropology Service of Legal Medicine Institute, Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Av. Francisco Bicalho, 300 Centro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 20220-310, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Paulo Salles
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Av. Limeira, 901 Areão, Piracicaba, SP, CEP: 13414-903, Brazil.|Forensic Anthropology Service of Legal Medicine Institute, Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Av. Francisco Bicalho, 300 Centro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP: 20220-310, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Pereira
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Av. Limeira, 901 Areão, Piracicaba, SP, CEP: 13414-903, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thiago de Oliveira
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Gamba
authors.affiliation: Department of Semiology and Clinics, Pelotas Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas, Rua Gonçalves Chaves, 457 Centro, Pelotas, RS, CEP: 96015-560, Brazil.
authors.forename: Isadora Luana
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Av. Limeira, 901 Areão, Piracicaba, SP, CEP: 13414-903, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haiter Neto
authors.affiliation: Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine, Largo da Sé Nova, Coimbra, 3000-213, Portugal.
authors.forename: Carlos Henrique
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Durão
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Av. Limeira, 901 Areão, Piracicaba, SP, CEP: 13414-903, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daruge Júnior
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Department, Forensic Sciences Center, University of Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas, Coimbra, 3000-456, Portugal.
authors.forename: Eugénia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cunha
keywords: Wormian bones; firearms; forensic anthropology; forensic science; skull fractures; wounds and injuries