title: Spontaneous migration of a bullet into the brain.
abstract: We report the case of a 20-year-old man with a gunshot injury as an example of spontaneous migration of a metallic foreign body within the brain. Computed tomography (CT) showed the bullet in the left temporoparietal region. At 10 days follow-up, CT revealed that the bullet had migrated posteriorly, due to the effect of gravity, lodging in the occipital lobe. Although there are a few literature reports of spontaneous migration of a bullet within the brain, this case was unique as the patient was fully conscious without any neurological deficit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. drumitozkan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozateş
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kemaloğlu
authors.forename: Aslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Güzel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*