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Unexpected Thoracic Injury Caused by a Falling Bullet in a Metropolis

The incident of being wounded by free-falling bullets is not usual in provinces where there is limited civilian armament in large metropolises. Cases that are wounded by falling bullet wounding apply to health-care institutions with major clinical manifestations. The patient was admitted with minor...

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Autor principal: Akman, Mustafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10117026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36722575
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajps.ajps_147_21
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description The incident of being wounded by free-falling bullets is not usual in provinces where there is limited civilian armament in large metropolises. Cases that are wounded by falling bullet wounding apply to health-care institutions with major clinical manifestations. The patient was admitted with minor complaints, which manifested itself with mild back pain and spotting bleeding. An ovoid-style open wound was detected on the left scapula. Radiographic examination showed a semi-ovoid bullet-like radiodensity image inside the thoracic wall. In the evaluation performed under general anaesthesia, a bullet was found in the thoracic wall and was removed. In the standard follow-ups after the procedure, full recovery was achieved in the early period. Bullet wounds might be experienced outside of the battlefields without any direct fire, and these cases might not manifest the signs of gunshot injury. The cruciality of radiography in tackling diagnostic challenges was put forward.
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spelling pubmed-101170262023-04-21 Unexpected Thoracic Injury Caused by a Falling Bullet in a Metropolis Akman, Mustafa Afr J Paediatr Surg Case Report The incident of being wounded by free-falling bullets is not usual in provinces where there is limited civilian armament in large metropolises. Cases that are wounded by falling bullet wounding apply to health-care institutions with major clinical manifestations. The patient was admitted with minor complaints, which manifested itself with mild back pain and spotting bleeding. An ovoid-style open wound was detected on the left scapula. Radiographic examination showed a semi-ovoid bullet-like radiodensity image inside the thoracic wall. In the evaluation performed under general anaesthesia, a bullet was found in the thoracic wall and was removed. In the standard follow-ups after the procedure, full recovery was achieved in the early period. Bullet wounds might be experienced outside of the battlefields without any direct fire, and these cases might not manifest the signs of gunshot injury. The cruciality of radiography in tackling diagnostic challenges was put forward. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2022-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10117026/ /pubmed/36722575 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajps.ajps_147_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 African Journal of Paediatric Surgery https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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