Bullet embolism of pulmonary artery: a case report

The authors report the case of a patient victim of gunshots, with a very rare complication: venous bullet embolism from the left external iliac vein to the lingular segment of the left pulmonary artery. Diagnosis is made with whole-body radiography or computed tomography. Digital angiography is rese...

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Autores principales: Yamanari, Mauricio Gustavo Ieiri, Mansur, Maria Clara Dias, Kay, Fernando Uliana, Silverio, Paulo Rogerio Barboza, Jayanthi, Shri Krishna, Funari, Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25741063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-39842014000200018
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author Yamanari, Mauricio Gustavo Ieiri
Mansur, Maria Clara Dias
Kay, Fernando Uliana
Silverio, Paulo Rogerio Barboza
Jayanthi, Shri Krishna
Funari, Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão
author_facet Yamanari, Mauricio Gustavo Ieiri
Mansur, Maria Clara Dias
Kay, Fernando Uliana
Silverio, Paulo Rogerio Barboza
Jayanthi, Shri Krishna
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description The authors report the case of a patient victim of gunshots, with a very rare complication: venous bullet embolism from the left external iliac vein to the lingular segment of the left pulmonary artery. Diagnosis is made with whole-body radiography or computed tomography. Digital angiography is reserved for supplementary diagnosis or to be used as a therapeutic procedure.
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spelling pubmed-43371572015-03-04 Bullet embolism of pulmonary artery: a case report Yamanari, Mauricio Gustavo Ieiri Mansur, Maria Clara Dias Kay, Fernando Uliana Silverio, Paulo Rogerio Barboza Jayanthi, Shri Krishna Funari, Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão Radiol Bras Case Report The authors report the case of a patient victim of gunshots, with a very rare complication: venous bullet embolism from the left external iliac vein to the lingular segment of the left pulmonary artery. Diagnosis is made with whole-body radiography or computed tomography. Digital angiography is reserved for supplementary diagnosis or to be used as a therapeutic procedure. Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4337157/ /pubmed/25741063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-39842014000200018 Text en © Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bullet embolism of pulmonary artery: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337157/
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