Title: Bending Bullet- Beyond Imagination – A Case Report
Authors: Dr Faiz Ahmad, Dr Mohammad Asrarul Haque, Dr Mohammad Mojahid Anwar, Dr Munawwar Husain, Dr Jawed Ahmad Usmani
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i2.74
Abstract
There are innumerable circumstances when a firearm injury has been presented in different forms. Some injuries are considered to be clean, where as others are twisty and bizarre in presentation. Examples may be quoted as ricocheting of bullet, single entry wound and multiple exit wounds, single entry wound but no exit wound presumably bullet vanishing suddenly. The present case report deals with the case in which the bullet has struck the shin of right lower extremity causing fracture and bending of bullet at the level of its neck.
Key words: bending bullet, ricocheting, fracture tibia, low velocity
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