Emesis of an enteral bullet: A rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus

A case of migration of a foreign body from the stomach to the thoracic esophagus is described. The bullet was successfully retrieved endoscopically after exploratory laparotomy was performed to address the patient's injuries. Enteral migration of bullets is a rare phenomenon that should be cons...

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Autores principales: Duhaime, Olivia R., Taylor, Michael R., Richman, Aaron P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100505
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description A case of migration of a foreign body from the stomach to the thoracic esophagus is described. The bullet was successfully retrieved endoscopically after exploratory laparotomy was performed to address the patient's injuries. Enteral migration of bullets is a rare phenomenon that should be considered when the location of retained ballistic fragments is inconsistent with gunshot wounds and expected trajectories.
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spelling pubmed-82616532021-07-16 Emesis of an enteral bullet: A rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus Duhaime, Olivia R. Taylor, Michael R. Richman, Aaron P. Trauma Case Rep Case Report A case of migration of a foreign body from the stomach to the thoracic esophagus is described. The bullet was successfully retrieved endoscopically after exploratory laparotomy was performed to address the patient's injuries. Enteral migration of bullets is a rare phenomenon that should be considered when the location of retained ballistic fragments is inconsistent with gunshot wounds and expected trajectories. Elsevier 2021-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8261653/ /pubmed/34277921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100505 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Emesis of an enteral bullet: A rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus
title_full Emesis of an enteral bullet: A rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus
title_fullStr Emesis of an enteral bullet: A rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus
title_full_unstemmed Emesis of an enteral bullet: A rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus
title_short Emesis of an enteral bullet: A rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus
title_sort emesis of an enteral bullet: a rare case of bullet embolism to the thoracic esophagus
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100505
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