Penetrating cardiac trauma is a life-threatening condition and presents a therapeutic challenge for the surgeon. Additional multiple organ-system injuries, as are common in the setting of war, further complicate the management of such patients. We present the case of a 9-year-old girl who sustained multiple injuries from an unexploded artillery shell, resulting in a retained intracardiac shrapnel. Her cardiac pathology consisted of a shrapnel located in the interventricular septum accompanied by a pneumopericardium and a right-sided hemopneumothorax. The presentation and management of this patient are the subjects of this report.
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