Portal vein embolization following shotgun-pellet injuries to the abdomen.
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.
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Department of Pathology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, USA.
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Carter
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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*