Spontaneous migration of a bullet in the cerebrum

Herein, we report the case of a 32-year-old man who experienced spontaneous migration of a bullet within the brain following a gunshot injury. Emergent computed tomography revealed the bullet located in the posterosuperior side of mesencephalon. During follow-up after 10 days, the neurological statu...

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Autores principales: Sezer, Can, Gokten, Murat, Gezgin, İnan, Sezer, Aykut, Binboga, Ali Burak, Onay, Mehmet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33868633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa420
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author Sezer, Can
Gokten, Murat
Gezgin, İnan
Sezer, Aykut
Binboga, Ali Burak
Onay, Mehmet
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description Herein, we report the case of a 32-year-old man who experienced spontaneous migration of a bullet within the brain following a gunshot injury. Emergent computed tomography revealed the bullet located in the posterosuperior side of mesencephalon. During follow-up after 10 days, the neurological status of the patient had worsened. Computed tomography revealed that the bullet had migrated posteriorly and lodged in the occipital lobe. Although a few studies have reported on the spontaneous migration of a bullet within the brain, the present case is unique as the patient examination changed with migration. We recommend serial imaging and surgery in cases of bullet migration in the brain.
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spelling pubmed-80431052021-04-16 Spontaneous migration of a bullet in the cerebrum Sezer, Can Gokten, Murat Gezgin, İnan Sezer, Aykut Binboga, Ali Burak Onay, Mehmet J Surg Case Rep Case Report Herein, we report the case of a 32-year-old man who experienced spontaneous migration of a bullet within the brain following a gunshot injury. Emergent computed tomography revealed the bullet located in the posterosuperior side of mesencephalon. During follow-up after 10 days, the neurological status of the patient had worsened. Computed tomography revealed that the bullet had migrated posteriorly and lodged in the occipital lobe. Although a few studies have reported on the spontaneous migration of a bullet within the brain, the present case is unique as the patient examination changed with migration. We recommend serial imaging and surgery in cases of bullet migration in the brain. Oxford University Press 2021-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8043105/ /pubmed/33868633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa420 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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