Citation

Van Arsdell GS, Razzouk AJ, Fandrich BL, Shakudo M, Schmidt CA. J. Trauma 1991; 31(1): 137-139.

Affiliation

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, CA 92354.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1986120

Abstract

This report describes a case of bullet fragment embolus to the heart following a small-caliber gunshot wound to the mouth. Skull and C-spine films appeared to account for the projectile; however, chest X-ray followed by fluoroscopy and two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a venous missile embolus in the right heart. The bullet was palpated, trapped in the right ventricle, and easily extruded.

Language: en