Okdemir, ErdemKeten, AlperAvsar, AbdullahKaya, Omer2020-06-252020-06-252019closedAccess0195-79101533-404Xhttps://doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0000000000000509https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/7623The materials used to produce shotgun ammunition can have different properties depending on the purpose, and ammunition can be fabricated or loaded manually. In Turkey, wheat-loaded cartridges are manufactured for use as sound cartridges. This ammunition is understood by the public to be harmless. However, we present a case of a 13-year-old adolescent boy who was wounded from a contact shot to the chest. An entrance wound measuring 7 cm and 5 cm in diameter was seen on the skin. Wheat grains could not be detected in the internal organs and were only observed between the chest muscles around the entrance wound. A plastic wad was also found in this area. The cause of death was internal bleeding due to internal organ injury. Wheat-loaded cartridges are not visible on x-ray and are difficult to detect visually in the wound.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccesswheat-loaded cartridgeshotgunblank cartridgedeathsound cartridgeArticle40439639810.1097/PAF.00000000000005092-s2.0-8507508915731634152Q3WOS:000499474800017Q4