Urologic complications from a gunshot wound and the rare course of a bullet in the human body.
Presentation of the medical history of a patient who received a gunshot wound in the Second World War, and the rare course the bullet took from the time of impact until its removal 11 months later. The entrance point of the bullet was the left supraclavicular area of the thorax, and it was eventually removed from the patient's urethra.
Kollias
G N
GN
Department of Urology, N.I.M.T.S. Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Kyriakopoulos
M G
MG
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*