Spinocerebral faecal migration in a shotgun injury.
Migration of foreign material within the subarachnoid space is a rare event, seldom reported in the medical literature. We report a unique case in which spinocerebral migration of faecal material occurred as a direct consequence of a shotgun injury to the pelvis.
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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Alberta, Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005243:Feces; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology