Pulmonary bullet embolism – a safe treatment strategy of a potentially fatal injury: a case report

BACKGROUND: Vascular embolization of a projectile discharged from a weapon is a rare event. In this report a hunter's errant gunshot struck a farmer in the left chest. CASE REPORT: The projectile was lodged between the apex of the heart and the diaphragm. The patient was treated non-operatively...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Ali M, Cooley, Roger S, Papadimos, Thomas J, Fath, John J, Schwann, Thomas A, Elsamaloty, Haitham
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2706800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-3-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2706800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-3-12

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