title: Arterial bullet embolism.
abstract: An arterial bullet embolus is reported in an asymptomatic patient. Emphasis is placed on the need for an aggressive search for any unaccounted-for bullets, confirmation of diagnosis by arteriography and early operative extraction of the embolus.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*