Dada M A, Loftus I A, Rutherfoord G S
Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1993 Mar;14(1):58-60. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199303000-00014.
This report describes the autopsy findings in a young man who died after having been shot with a shotgun from about 30 m. Although not suspected clinically, a right middle cerebral artery territory infarct was found; its cause was shown to be a shotgun pellet embolus that had lodged just proximal to the trifurcation of the right middle cerebral artery. The case underscores the importance of performing a thorough postmortem examination, including a careful study of cerebral vasculature, in instances of brain infarction.
