[Bullet embolism in the right pulmonary artery].
We report about a bullet embolus in the middle lobe pulmonary artery (a patient who was sent for a routine-chest-film preoperatively). The patient, 74 years old, was hit by a bullet in localization of the left masseteric region during world war II. The bullet entered the left Vena jugularis and was embolised into the middle lobe pulmonary artery (shock-position). By the means of CT-curved-reformations we could localize the bullet (2 x 0.7 cm) in the middle lobe pulmonary artery and diagnosed a lobar fibrosis as a sequel of the focal hypoxemia.
Radiologische Praxis, Landeck, Tirol.
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D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Projektilembolus in der rechten Pulmonalarterie.