MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLIZATION WITH CEREBRAL TISSUE DUE TO GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD

Autopsy findings in a 22-year-old man who received a gunshot wound to the head and died at the scene are presented. Massive white-grey embol i were found in the pulmonary arteries, and these were identified as c erebral cortical or glial tissue by histological examination. It was t hought that the momentary severe increase of intracranial pressure and simultaneous rupture of the superior sagittal sinus due to the kineti c energy of the bullet had caused the lacerated cerebral tissue to ent er the blood stream.