title: Paradoxical bullet embolism: case report and literature review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Presley Regional Trauma Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA. schurr@surgery.wisc.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schurr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McCord
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Croce
mesh_terms: 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*