Wound from Whip-Lash Simulating Bullet-Wound

Case of Bullet Wound

A Case of Bullet Wound

Bullet Wound of the Chest

Duncan suffered from urgent dyspnoea and severe pain in the right shoulder, but there was nothing else to indicate a wound of the lung or liver. In a few days he was attacked with pleurisy of the right side with considerable effusion. He .recovered from this, but lost flesh afterwards, and had night sweats and a persistent high temperature. In the meantime the posterior wound healed. The anteri...

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...

Pulmonary artery bullet injury following thoracic gunshot wound.

Thoracic trauma occurs frequently but seldom requires surgery (10-20%, [1]). The mortality rate for gunshot wound of the chest varies from 14.3 to 36.8% [2]. We report, herein an example of bullet injury to the pulmonary artery (PA) following a thoracic gunshot wound. This patient had previous history of coronary surgery. Absolute and relative indications for exploratory thoracotomy in emergenc...