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Bullet embolization is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of gunshot wounds, particularly in lowpowered and small-caliber bullets. When these small bullets enter a large elastic vessel, they have the potential to leave a small entrance hole that can form a traumatic pseudoaneurysm. These pseudoaneurysms, which may be life-protecting at first, may rupture and lead to exsanguination if not found.
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Am J Case Rep
March 2023
A. Getlik Clinic for Children and Adolescents, Slovak Medical University and University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia.
BACKGROUND The conflict in Ukraine during the past year has resulted in increased deaths and injuries to soldiers and civilians from military weapons and large and small caliber firearms. Unlike clinicians in some Western countries, until recently, clinicians working in Ukraine hospitals had little experience managing patients with gunshot wounds. CASE REPORT A 16-year-old boy was admitted as an emergency following a gunshot wound to the back of the neck from a Makarov pistol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGunshot Wounds Causing Distal Arterial Bullet Embolisms.
Bull Emerg Trauma
April 2022
Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
We report two cases involving small-caliber gunshot wounds to the chest with embolization of the bullet which complete occluding arterial circulation into the left lower extremity. A 30-years-old and 19-years-old men suffered gunshots wound to the thorax and abdomen with subsequent arterial embolisms into their left legs. Image studies revealed the left popliteal and femoral arteries occlusion by the missiles.
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