TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Nail injury to the brain obfuscated by a fall from height - homicide or suicide? A case report
JO  - Medicine, science, and the law
A1  - Aggrawal, Anil
A1  - Pradhan, Monisha
A1  - Sreenivas, M.
SP  - 40
EP  - 43
VL  - 55
IS  - 1
N2  - Penetrating head injuries caused by unconventional objects such as a nail generate speculation and doubt regarding the manner of infliction. We report a case of a 24-year-old woman alleged to have committed suicide by a fall from height. Autopsy revealed an unprecedented penetrating intracranial injury caused by a nail over the right temporal region, confounding the manner of death. The underlying intersecting pattern of fractures determined the chronological sequence of events. In this paper, we discuss the manner, incidence and pathology of nail injuries to the brain.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-8024
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0025802414524191
ID  - ref1
ER  -