Bullet within the spinal canal.
A 13-year-old girl suffered a single gunshot wound to the abdomen that resulted in multiple small bowel perforations and an incomplete neurologic injury involving her lower extremities. Physical exam failed to locate an exit wound. Radiographs revealed the bullet within the spinal canal at the thoracolumbar junction. It was subsequently removed on a non-urgent basis.
Mann
D C
DC
Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Science Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
Tall
R
R
Brodkey
J S
JS
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery