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Missile embolism from pulmonary vein to left ventricle: report of a case [PDF]

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Missile embolization is rare in penetrating trauma, occurring in 0.3% of cases. Bullet embolism into the left ventricle is less frequent, with few instances described in the literature. This paper describes an instance of left ventricular bullet embolism
Mohammadrafie Khorgami, Fattaneh Khalaj, Maziar Gholampour, Hassan Tatari   +3 more
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Missile embolism from pulmonary vein to systemic circulation: Case report with systematic literature review

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2019
Missile embolism (ME) is a rare condition and was seen in 0.3% of gunshot wounds during the Vietnam War. It was first reported by Thomas Davis in 1834. ME occurs when a small caliber, slow velocity projectile penetrates a wall in the vasculature; loses ...
Radhikaraj C Govindaraju, Jagannath P Kolwalkar   +1 more
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Penetrating cardiac injury resulting in a bullet embolus: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury
Bullet embolism is a potential complication of a gunshot wound, especially with a low-velocity missile. This is because the trajectory of the low-velocity bullet can be significantly slowed as it passes through tissue. An unusual form of travel can occur
Sammy Shihadeh, Anwar Khan, Kristen Walker, Ali Al-Rawi, Alfredo Cordova   +4 more
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Bullet embolism to the heart secondary to gunshot wound of the left subclavian vein: A case report [PDF]

Trauma Case Reports, 2022
Missile embolism as a consequence of gunshot wounds is a rare occurrence, and can lead to severe complications such as endocarditis, pulmonary thromboembolism and arrythmias.
Gustavo de Sousa Arantes Ferreira, Jennifer Pfeffer, Paulo Roberto de Souza Aranha Junior, Lucas Soares Simizo Benedicto, Luisa Jabour Pazeli, Camila Cordeiro Godinho, Thais Moreira, Bruno de Freitas Belezia   +7 more
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Acute limb ischemia secondary to bullet embolism following a cardiac gunshot wound in a pediatric patient [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2023
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 ...
Eliza Ferrari, MD, Tiffany Guard, MS, Vivek Prakash, MD, Michael Shih, MD, Melissa Kirkwood, MD, Michael Siah, MD   +5 more
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Right hepatic vein bullet embolism: A case report [PDF]

Trauma Case Reports
Penetrating trauma is usually divided into stab and gunshot wounds (GSW). When considering GSW, the initial assessment involves the identification of all the wounds, to understand the projectile's trajectory as well as to determine which anatomic ...
Rafael Borella Pelosi, Sandro Scarpelini, Maurício Godinho, José Eduardo Pereira Martins da Silva, Luiz Donizeti da Silva Stracieri, Dino César Pereira da Motta, Gustavo Urbano, Thiago Henrique Sigoli Pereira, Rafael Muller, Jorge Luiz Carnesecca Sobrinho, Guilherme Café Soares Benfatti, Marcelino Quaglia Morato, Beatriz Cristina Barcellos Covre   +12 more
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Asymptomatic Pellet Migration to the Heart: Report of a Case and Update on Proper Management [PDF]

Case Reports in Surgery, 2014
We report a case of a 42-year-old male patient who was transferred to our emergency department suffering from a gunshot wound in his left lateral thigh.
George Galyfos, Konstantinos Palogos, Nikolaos Kavouras   +2 more
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Arterial bullet embolism after thoracic gunshot wound [PDF]

Jornal Vascular Brasileiro, 2018
Bullet embolization of the arterial or venous systems is a rare complication of penetrating gunshot injuries. A 29-year-old man presented at the emergency department with a gunshot wound to the left arm, which had transfixed the arm and entered the ...
Raquel Magalhães Pereira, José Emerson dos Santos Souza, Antônio Oliveira de Araújo, Priscilla Ribeiro dos Santos, Ricardo Dias da Rocha, Marcos Henrique Parisati, Marcos Velludo Bernardes, Leonardo Pessoa Cavalcante   +7 more
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Outcome in paraplegic dogs with or without pain perception due to thoracolumbar fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy or acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
BackgroundFibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy (FCEM) and acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion (ANNPE) are common causes of acute spinal cord injury in dogs. Outcome among paraplegic deep pain positive (DPP) and deep pain negative (DPN) dogs
Go Togawa, Melissa J. Lewis, Dillon Devathasan   +2 more
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Simultaneous retrograde venous and anterograde arterial bullet embolism: a case report. [PDF]

J Med Case Rep, 2022
Background Bullet embolus is a rare condition following gunshot injuries and represents a clinical challenge regarding both diagnosis and management. Case presentation We report the case of a 35-year-old Iranian (Middle-Eastern) male patient with ...
Hosseinzadeh A, Moeini Farsani M, Mahmoudi MM, Hekmatnia A, Ghasemi Gorji M, Asnaashari M, Ghoddusi Johari H, Shahriarirad R.   +7 more
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