Caliber confusion: bullet localization and caliber identification with radiographs.
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.
Coy
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89TH RSC, 5503D USAH, Columbia, MO, USA.
Ragsdell
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D005389:Firearms; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D011859:Radiography; D014744:Vietnam; D014857:Warfare; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*