title: The sinking bullet.
abstract: We report a case of a missile injury to the brain with an unusual complication. The bullet migrated by its mere weight to a distant location through the brain parenchyma after it initially lodged in a superficial site. Instances of similar phenomena reported in the literature are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: 410th Evacuation Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rengachary
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Templer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D016683:Supine Position; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D014857:Warfare; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*