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Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum
Here, we report a rare case of migration of a foreign body has occurred from loin to scrotum. A 35-year-old male patient presented with right sided scrotal mass, on exploration it was found to be a metallic bullet. The patient had a history of gunshot injury in his loin 8 years back and was treated...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958528 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.174020 |
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author | Dutta, Gouranga Das, Nandini Bain, Jayanta |
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description | Here, we report a rare case of migration of a foreign body has occurred from loin to scrotum. A 35-year-old male patient presented with right sided scrotal mass, on exploration it was found to be a metallic bullet. The patient had a history of gunshot injury in his loin 8 years back and was treated conservatively that time. The probable explanation to this mysterious incident may be that, the bullet might have entered the peritoneal cavity through the loin, but did not cause any extensive damage, so the patient well responded to the initial conservative management. With time, due to changes in abdominal pressure or may be due to gravitational force, it had migrated to the dependent scrotum through the patent processus vaginalis. So, this case signifies that a foreign body can migrate through the body planes and get settled far from the primary place. |
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spelling | pubmed-47652802016-03-08 Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum Dutta, Gouranga Das, Nandini Bain, Jayanta Int J Appl Basic Med Res Case Report Here, we report a rare case of migration of a foreign body has occurred from loin to scrotum. A 35-year-old male patient presented with right sided scrotal mass, on exploration it was found to be a metallic bullet. The patient had a history of gunshot injury in his loin 8 years back and was treated conservatively that time. The probable explanation to this mysterious incident may be that, the bullet might have entered the peritoneal cavity through the loin, but did not cause any extensive damage, so the patient well responded to the initial conservative management. With time, due to changes in abdominal pressure or may be due to gravitational force, it had migrated to the dependent scrotum through the patent processus vaginalis. So, this case signifies that a foreign body can migrate through the body planes and get settled far from the primary place. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4765280/ /pubmed/26958528 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.174020 Text en Copyright: © 2016 International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Dutta, Gouranga Das, Nandini Bain, Jayanta Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum |
title | Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum |
title_full | Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum |
title_fullStr | Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum |
title_full_unstemmed | Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum |
title_short | Delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum |
title_sort | delayed migration of a bullet from loin to scrotum |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958528 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.174020 |
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