[Double gunshot head injury with lesion of the upper cervical vertebrae in a case of attempted suicide].

The authors hold their case reported in this paper interesting for the following reasons: in several minutes two shots were fired by intention of suicide. Two entrance openings were found that had the characteristics of shots fired within close range, but no exit openings were to be seen. Considering the entrance openings, the bilateral fracture of the atlas and a comminuted unilateral fracture of the axis and spotting the jammed missiles inside the tunnel, one must deduce that the missiles went by vital structures without severing them.