Intracranial bullet migrating to pulmonary artery.
A young male patient with a gunshot wound to the head is presented. The .22-caliber bullet initially lodged in the superior sagittal sinus migrated to the chest and permanently embolized in a branch of the left pulmonary artery. The patient is asymptomatic except for focal epilepsy.
D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*