Wandering missiles: autopsy study.
Five cases of firearm missile emboli are reported. Three were not unusual arterial bullet emboli. One, however, was a single shotgun pellet embolus which produced death from cerebral infarction. The fifth case appears to be the first known to embolize within the portal system and was associated with a 'wandering bullet' within the pericardial space.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology