Venous Embolization of a Lower Extremity Projectile
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Foreign body migration into the vasculature and subsequent embolization is a rare complication of both medical procedures and penetrating trauma. Endovascular filters, wires, and pins have been found to travel through the vasculature resulting in a variety of complications, including death [1]. In the case of penetrating trauma, the incidence of bullet migration into the vasculature is approximated at 0.3% [2]. While the morbidity associated with bullet emboli can be as high as 25% [3], the decision to retrieve bullets remains controversial.
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Pii: S1010-7940(02)00363-9
Pulmonary embolization usually occurs when thrombotic material that originates from deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremities is washed out into the pulmonary vasculature via the blood stream. However, in the presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO), systemic paradoxic embolization may also occur (Am J Surg 176 (1998) 158). Here, we report on the case of a patient with a PFO, who develope...
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