title: Intracranial bullet migration--a sign of brain abscess: case report.
abstract: An unusual case of migration of an intracranial bullet fragment within a brain abscess is reported. Movement of the bullet was first detected on skull films, and the significance of this finding on plain radiographs is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: DesChamps
authors.forename: J U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Morano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004322:Drainage; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging