Retrograde venous bullet embolism.
Bullets may embolize against normal blood flow into distal veins because of gravity or the Valsalva maneuver. A case is described in which a bullet was fluoroscopically repositioned from the popliteal vein into the area of a lacerated iliac vein and trapped with a balloon catheter obviating popliteal exploration.
D002081:Buttocks / Q000293:injuries; D002404:Catheterization; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011152:Popliteal Vein; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*