Gunshot Wound of Innominate Artery

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...

[Embolization of the splenic artery after splenic gunshot wound].

Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen is a reliable method for evaluation of spleen injuries and has the potential to exclude further abdominal injuries. Blunt and penetrating injuries of the spleen have to be managed immediately due to a high mortality rate. Two therapeutical options, conservative or operative, are currently available. In general, a hemodynamic stable patient, no further inj...

Case of Gunshot Wound

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 ...

Gunshot Wound of Bladder

However, three weeks after this visit to Hospital on the 28th of January, he came again complaining that he was rapidly becoming weak through large losses of blood in his urine. A specimen showed that very large quantities were being passed. The first thought that crossed my mind was that there were more pieces of necrosed bone in the bladder, but on passing a small sound, which entered the nec...