title: Radiolucent plastic in gunshot wounds.
abstract: We present two patients who suffered a total of three close-range gunshot wounds. In each injury plastic shot-retaining wadding had been carried deep into the tissues but this was not apparent on the initial radiographs. The presence of such plastic wadding must be considered in all such wounds.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010969:Plastics; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics