Citation

Frazier TG, Belcastro VJ, Inouye WY. J. Trauma 1975; 15(9): 825-826.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1159878

Abstract

Bullet emboli from peripheral wounds occur with sufficient frequency that they must be considered in every case of missile injury not accompanied by an exit wound. A case is presented which demonstrated a venous migration of such a bullet from the axillary vein into the femoral vein through the heart, presumably by gravity.

Language: en