Spain. Injuries caused by multiple projectiles (shotgun), with submental entry hole and exit with cranial rupture. 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 Under the chin shotgun suicide.
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