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Ischaemic Stroke Caused by a Gunshot Wound to the Chest

INTRODUCTION: Pneumatic weapons rarely cause severe trauma. However, pellet embolisation can cause severe and unexpected injuries. REPORT: This is the case study of a 32 year old man, who was shot in the chest with a pneumatic rifle. Initially, urgent damage control surgery was performed to resolve...

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Autores principales: Helán, Martin, Ráb, Martin, Šrámek, Vladimír, Vaníček, Jiří, Staffa, Robert, Volný, Ondřej, Suk, Pavel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32881990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.12.004
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Pneumatic weapons rarely cause severe trauma. However, pellet embolisation can cause severe and unexpected injuries. REPORT: This is the case study of a 32 year old man, who was shot in the chest with a pneumatic rifle. Initially, urgent damage control surgery was performed to resolve pneumothorax and pericardial tamponade, but no projectile was found. Subsequent atypical symptomatology led to more extensive imaging that found a pellet embolised into the right carotid artery, thrombosis of the middle cerebral artery, and development of a large right hemispheric ischaemic area. After an unsuccessful endovascular intervention, the projectile was removed during an open surgical procedure. The right hemisphere oedema required decompressive hemicraniectomy, but long term intensive care and physiotherapy resulted in a satisfactory recovery with moderate neurological sequelae. CONCLUSION: An unusual clinical presentation in combination with an absent exit wound might be symptomatic of projectile embolisation and should lead to a search for it. When the projectile position is convenient, surgical removal is the treatment of choice while an endovascular approach should be reserved for inaccessible locations or asymptomatic cases.