title: Metallic fragment embolization to the middle cerebral artery.
abstract: A 25-year-old male was wounded accidentally in the neck by a metallic fragment, which penetrated his right carotid artery and migrated within the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery. Clinical and laboratory findings over a 16-month-period are reported. Problems arising from the presence of metallic emboli to the cerebral circulation are discussed on the basis of the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Siccardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Primavera
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tortori-Donati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D019838:Neck Injuries; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals