Contact gunshot wound from a shotgun slug. The entrance wound can be seen under the chin and the outline of the barrel. No further info. The head is the most common location for a suicidal shotgun wound (74%), followed by the chest (20%) and then the abdomen (6%). In head wounds, the most common location was intraoral (50%), followed by under the chin (19%); side of head, including parietal and temporal wounds (15%); and the face, including the forehead (13%).

Fig.1 Contact gunshot wound from a shotgun slug.

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Fig.1 Contact shotgun wound to the head.

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