Meandering bullet in the pericardial sac: to remove or not to remove.
Patients with bullets in the pericardial sac without obvious myocardial injuries are rare, making it difficult to analyze the natural history and propose management approaches. We present the case of a meandering bullet in the pericardial sac and a review of the literature.
Burkhart
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Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.
Gomez
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Jacobson
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Broadie
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Tarver
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000293:injuries*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery