An extraordinary bullet embolism after gunshot injury: a case report

Femoral artery embolism of bullet after thoracic gunshot wound

A 19-year-old man sustained a gunshot to the suprasternal notch with no exit wound. The precise make and model of the weapon were unknown (A). He presented to the emergency department with severe thoracoabdominal pain that was relieved spontaneously. The patient was hemodynamically stable during admission, with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15. Initial vital signs were as follows: mean blood pr...

Popliteal artery embolism of bullet after abdominal gunshot wound

Bullet embolism to the peripheral arterial system is a rare phenomenon which frequently results in misdiagnosis due to lack of early symptoms. Embolisms can go to either arterial or venous systems with common sites of injury including the left ventricle, pulmonary vein, thoracic and abdominal aorta and peripheral arteries. Herein we present a case of a 19 year old patient with multiple gunshot ...

Arterial bullet embolism following abdominal gunshot wounds.

Bullet embolization to the external iliac artery after gunshot injury to the abdominal aorta: a case report

INTRODUCTION Abdominal vascular trauma is fairly common in modern civilian life and is a highly lethal injury. However, if the projectile is small enough, if its energy is diminished when passing through the tissue and if the arterial system is elastic enough, the entry wound into the artery may close without exsanguination and therefore may not be fatal. A projectile captured may even travel d...

Pulmonary bullet embolism – a safe treatment strategy of a potentially fatal injury: a case report

BACKGROUND Vascular embolization of a projectile discharged from a weapon is a rare event. In this report a hunter's errant gunshot struck a farmer in the left chest. CASE REPORT The projectile was lodged between the apex of the heart and the diaphragm. The patient was treated non-operatively and was discharged home only to return to the emergency department with chest pain and subsequent ide...