A bullet wandering through the heart.

J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr

Department of Radiology, Cardiology, and Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy.

Published: July 2010

We report a case of young male with a penetrating chest trauma due to a gunshot. The bullet was detected by conventional X-ray and localized within the lateral wall of the left ventricle by CT. During surgery the bullet was not found. Thereafter conventional X-ray showed migration of the bullet within the lung parenchyma.

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