title: Portal vein embolization following shotgun-pellet injuries to the abdomen.
abstract: Multiple missile emboli are rare. The most likely setting for their occurrence is multiple penetrating injuries from birdshot. Such is this case of this 26-year-old man with birdshot injuries to the torso penetrating the portal vein and embolizing to the liver, producing infarcts and death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, USA.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Riddick
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izenberg
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D004617:Embolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*