Atypical Exit Gunshot Wound of the Chest, a Push-Up Brassier Effect: A Case Report

There are many forensic textbooks and much literature well describing typical and atypical exit wounds. Included are atypical exit wounds, shored exit wounds, and punch out lesions with surrounding abrasion caused by supporting material at the exit area, which may resemble an entry wound. Differentiating entry and atypical gunshot wounds is a major problem in forensic work. Failure to diagnose can cause error in calculating the number of firearm injuries in the body, retained inside the body, or exited through the body causing problems in the direction of firing and direction of the wound tract. The author has reported an atypical shored exit wound at the anterior chest wall from the push-up brassiere effect.