ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 3

An Unusual Penetrating Neck Wound by a Golf Club: Precise Forensic Imaging
Watson, J
Resident Surgeon, and attending surgeon, University of California, Davis-East Bay, CA

Goldstein, L
Resident Surgeon, and attending surgeon, University of California, Davis-East Bay, CA

Chappell, T
Attending Surgeon, Pacific Neurosciences Institute, University of California, Davis-East Bay, CA

Keller, T
Research associate, Pacific Neurosciences Institute, University of California, Davis-East Bay, CA

(Received 3 July 1996; accepted 25 October 1996)

Abstract

An unusual case of a penetrating neck injury by a golf club with the weapon retained in situ is presented. The contemporary imaging technology that delineated the clinical and forensic aspects is demonstrated as another tool to assist in criminal investigation.

Keywords:
forensic science, forensic pathology, penetrating wound, computerized tomography

Paper ID: JFS14194J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14194J
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