Perforating Gunshot-Wound of Abdomen Implicating Kidney: Profuse Secondary Haematuria: Recovery

Case of Perforating Wound of the Abdomen

Sahii$oo, a Brahmini, aged 50, residing in the village of Sanawur, lias been a widow for 20 years, and is the mother of two grown up sons. She is a healthy looking woman, a little emaciated, but younger looking than are most women of her age in the plains. She is not addicted to the use of opium. At 6 a.m. on the 23rd April, 18GG, having finished the milking of one of her cows, she rose to go a...

Chylothorax secondary to gunshot wound.

BACKGROUND Chylothorax is the occurrence of chyle in the pleural space due to damage or obstruction of the thoracic duct. Its etiology can be traumatic or nontraumatic. Traumatic lesion of the thoracic duct occurs after accidents or cardiothoracic surgery. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the most frequent nontraumatic etiology. Milky aspect and high content of triglycerides in pleural fluid confirm t...

Note of a Gunshot Wound of the Abdomen

Gunshot Wound of Lung and of Colon: Recovery

Fred. L , a boy of 16, on his way out to China, was accidentally shot by the 2nd steward of the S.S. Glcucoe whilst carelessly handling an army revolver. He had taken the revolver out of a drawer, not knowing it was loaded, and stated afterwards, that, before he knew anything, he heard the report, felt the bullet go through the palm of his left hand which was over the muzzle at the time, saw L ...

Missile pulmonary embolus secondary to abdominal gunshot wound

Missile pulmonary emboli are rare sequelae of traumatic entry of projectile missiles-generally bullets or bullet fragments-in which access to the systemic venous circulation is established by the missile, making it possible for the missile to migrate to the pulmonary arteries. In the case introduced here, a 24-year-old male presented to the ER with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. In the early c...