Paradoxical bullet embolism: case report and literature review.
Bullet embolization through the arterial or venous systems, although unusual, often causes diagnostic confusion. Paradoxical emboli are even more unusual. We present a case of a paradoxical bullet embolism from the left external iliac vein to the left common iliac artery via a patent foramen ovale.
Schurr
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Department of Surgery, Presley Regional Trauma Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA. schurr@surgery.wisc.edu
McCord
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Croce
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D000328:Adult; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D007084:Iliac Vein; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*