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Occasionally, confusion arises as to whether a skin defect represents an entrance wound or not, an exit wound, or some other type of wound. Herein, we propose the descriptor \u201cbullet track skin defect\u201d as a formal description for a superficial skin defect created along the pathway of a projectile within the body. Specifically, we define the \u201cbullet track skin defect\u201d as a partial\u2010 or full\u2010thickness skin defect produced by a projectile traveling beneath the skin in a relatively tangential fashion as part of a wound pathway within the body. It is somewhat analogous to a traditional graze or superficial tangential wound, wherein the projectile traveling outside the body strikes the skin tangentially from above, without entering the body. However, the projectile is already traveling within the body with the bullet track skin defect, disrupting the skin tangentially from below rather than from above, without exiting the body. Although these defects are not a common presentation of gunshot wounds, they are certainly not rare. With this case series, we suggest that such defects may be referred to as \u201cbullet track skin defects.\u201d Alternative language that can substitute for \u201cbullet track skin defects\u201d includes \u201cbullet track skin wounds\u201d or \u201cbullet track cutaneous defects.\u201d<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/1556-4029.15458","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,23]],"date-time":"2023-12-23T06:30:56Z","timestamp":1703313056000},"page":"702-708","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Cutaneous skin defects overlying tangential gunshot wounds: A case series"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"69","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7379-6300","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nikoli M.","family":"Nickson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine  Kalamazoo Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joyce L.","family":"DeJong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine  Kalamazoo Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jared K.","family":"Brooks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine  Kalamazoo Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph A.","family":"Prahlow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine  Kalamazoo Michigan USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/J.1556\u20104029.2012.02067.X"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0020\u20101383(86)90016\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/PAF.0000000000000121"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.23907\/2016.014"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","first-page":"86","volume-title":"gunshot wounds: practical aspects of firearms, ballistics, and forensic techniques","author":"DiMaio VJM","year":"2015"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/S00414\u2010001\u20100269\u20104"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/S12024\u2010020\u201000275\u20108"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1520\/jfs13527j"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00068\u2010015\u20100581\u20101"}],"container-title":["Journal of Forensic Sciences"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/1556-4029.15458","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,13]],"date-time":"2024-03-13T12:27:54Z","timestamp":1710332874000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/1556-4029.15458"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,22]]},"references-count":9,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,3]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/1556-4029.15458"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1556-4029.15458","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0022-1198","1556-4029"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0022-1198","type":"print"},{"value":"1556-4029","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,22]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2023-06-23","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2023-12-13","order":1,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2023-12-22","order":2,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}