Patients with bullets in the pericardial sac without myocardial injuries are rare and most commonly are associated with significant trauma. The diagnosis of an intrapericardial foreign body can be difficult. Its removal is always indicated because it prevents pericarditis either sterile or infectious with potential for other significant complications. The syndrome of acute intermittent pericard...

Penetrating abdominal trauma has been traditionally treated by exploratory laparotomy. Nowadays laparoscopy has become an accepted practice in hemodynamically stable patient without signs of peritonitis. We report a case of a lower anterior abdominal gunshot patient treated laparoscopically. A 32-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with complaint of gunshot penetrating injury at...

T he goals of treatment of acute spinal injury after penetrating trauma are to ensure stability of the spine, to minimize the extent of neurologic deficit, and to prevent further loss of neurologic function. MR imaging directly reveals the spinal cord parenchyma so that the radiologist can detect missile tracts, contusions, and hematomas resulting from direct cord penetration and indirect concu...

BACKGROUND Low-velocity rubber bullets were used by Israeli police to control riots by Israeli-Arabs in early October, 2000. We aimed to establish the factors that contribute to severity of blunt and penetrating injuries caused by these missiles. METHODS We analysed medical records of 595 casualties admitted. We assessed relation of severity of injury to type of bullet, anatomical region of i...

Gunshot injuries are a rare cause of vascular injury in the pediatric age group, mostly occurring accidentally. They very serious and could even be life- or limb-threatening, with slow- velocity bullets. Here, we report two cases induced by different types weapons. The first case was four-year-old boy who presented left axillary artery caused gunshot bullet. diagnosis made computerized tomograp...

Introduction: The incidence of gunshot but is wounds on the face has been on a rise still rare as compared to firearm injuries to other regions of the body. Such injuries can be devastating due to the presence of vital structures in the vicinity. We describe a rare case of retained bullet in the infratemporal fossa which presented with delayed onset facial nerve palsy and was meticulously remov...

Three cases of pulmonary contusion occurred in children as a result of injuries from "rubber bullets." Radiological changes were evident soon after the injury, and in one case these persisted for two months. Symptoms disappeared quickly in all three cases.

Optic nerve injuries are classically divided into direct and indirect injuries. Direct injuries are open injuries where an external object penetrates the tissues to impact the optic nerve. Indirect optic nerve injuries occur when the force of collision is imparted into the skull and this energy is absorbed by the optic nerve. The prognostic value in knowing that an injury was direct or indirect...