Unusual pattern of injury caused by a pyrotechnic hand held signal flare.
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Unusual pattern of injury caused by a pyrotechnic hand held signal flare.
The case is reported of a man shot with a distress flare from a range of about 3 m. The flare caused a large cavity deep in the pectoral muscles. There should be a high index of suspicion about the extent of the injury in all types of penetrating trauma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.4.258