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Acute limb ischemia secondary to bullet embolism following a cardiac gunshot wound in a pediatric patient.
J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech
September 2023
Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX.
Bullet embolism following a gunshot wound to the heart is a very unusual cause of acute limb ischemia. We report the case of a 3-year-old boy who sustained a penetrating cardiac trauma secondary to an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound with a BB (ball bearing) gun. The BB pellet entered the left ventricle and embolized into the peripheral circulation, lodging at the bifurcation of the left common femoral artery.
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Int J Legal Med
January 2019
Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Melatengürtel 60/62, 50823, Cologne, Germany.
From time to time, severe or fatal injuries caused by small caliber air rifle projectiles are seen. In forensic sciences, the theoretical wounding potential of these weapons and projectiles is widely known. Usually, shots against the skull were reported and, in these cases, penetrating the eyes or thin bone layers of the temporal region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn ultrastructural study on indirect injury of dental pulp caused by high-speed missile projectile to mandible in dogs.
Dent Traumatol
December 2008
Department of Stomatology, No. 180 Hospital of People's Liberation Army of China, Quanshan Road, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, PR China.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of indirect injury of dental pulp caused by high-speed missile projectile to mandible in dogs. Eighteen dogs aged 12-13 months were divided equally into six groups (n = 3 in each group) with random allocation, then a high-speed missile projectile (a ball bearing of stainless steel, phi6.0 mm, 0.
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Isr Med Assoc J
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Department of Vascular Surgery and Renal Transplantation, Rambam Medical Center, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
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