Bullet embolus from a pulmonary vein to the right axillary artery.
A case of bullet embolus from a pulmonary vein to the right axillary artery is reported. Though bullet embolization is unusual, it should be considered in any patient who has sustained a gunshot wound and does not have an exit wound, and whose plain films demonstrate a bullet far from the suspected path of the projectile.
Kerr
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Department of Radiology, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY 10461.
Louie
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D000328:Adult; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging