title: Caliber confusion: bullet localization and caliber identification with radiographs.
abstract: This case is an example of a patient injured in combat. The patient believed he was wounded by a 0.45-caliber weapon and the military surgeon agreed. This misconception was corrected 26 years after the injury.
authors.affiliation: 89TH RSC, 5503D USAH, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coy
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ragsdell
mesh_terms: D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D011859:Radiography; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*