title: Spontaneous expulsion of a bullet, in the body of second cervical vertebrae, via the mouth.
abstract: Gunshot wounds to the upper cervical spine without neurological deficit occur infrequently. In this report, we describe a case with spontaneous expulsion of a bullet located in the body of second cervical vertebrae (C2) via mouth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Atatürk Teaching and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. nailozdemir@mynet.com
authors.forename: Nail
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oguzoglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot