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Wormian bone or gunshot entry wound? – The complexity of forensic anthropology

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dc.contributor.authorAbrunhosa, Bruna
dc.contributor.authorEiras, Luisa
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Manuela
dc.contributor.authorCunha, E
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-28T15:31:26Z
dc.date.available2021-05-28T15:31:26Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionPoster apresentado na reunião científica : FASE – Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe Advanced Course in Forensic Anthropology and One-Day Symposium. 12 e 14 de setembro 2019, Bruxelas, Bélgicapt_PT
dc.description.abstractAlong sutural lines is common to find wormian bones or extrasutural ossicles. These are extra, small and irregular bones. The entry wound of a projectile is usually circular, small and beveled internally. Despite the differences between the two, it can sometimes be tricky to distinguish between a wormian bone and a gunshot entry wound. The present case shows the complexity in the differentiation between the two. A calvaria that belongs to a collection of 38 identified calvarias with bone trauma, housed at the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (INMLCF, I.P.) South Delegation, in Lisbon, was analyzed. For this calvaria, which belongs to an adult male who died in 1921, the autopsy report and cause of death were available. The calvaria has a wormian bone on the left L1 and, on the right L1, an absence of bone with the same shape and size as the wormian bone on the opposite side. In a first analysis it was considered that the absence of bone was due to the fall of the wormian bone, however, after a closer inspection it was verified that the orifice presented characteristics of an entry gunshot wound. When analyzed the autopsy report, it was found that we were actually standing in front of a gunshot entry wound that occurred in the same place where there was a wormian bone. Hence, this case shows an example of the complexity of trauma that we may came across in forensic anthropology and the need for a careful analysis of all injuries, as well as the interaction between forensic anthropology and forensic pathology.pt_PT
dc.description.versionN/Apt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/36651
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.subjectAntropologia Forensept_PT
dc.subjectFraturas Cranianaspt_PT
dc.subjectArma de Fogopt_PT
dc.subjectForensic Anthropology
dc.subjectSkull fractures
dc.subjectGunshot
dc.titleWormian bone or gunshot entry wound? – The complexity of forensic anthropologypt_PT
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person.familyNameMarques
person.familyNameCunha
person.givenNameManuela
person.givenNameEugénia
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