title: Pulmonary embolism caused by a migrated gunshot projectile.
abstract: Pulmonary embolism caused by a foreign body is an exceedingly rare event. We report on a 62 year old woman who suffered a gun shot injury to her left knee with concomitant vascular lacerations. The bullet migrated through the venous system into the pulmonary circulation causing a pulmonary embolism. The projectile remained stationary for ten years. Taking into consideration that she is virtually asymptomatic and that regular follow up examinations showed no further migration of the foreign body, we opted for a conservative venue of management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Hospital "Osijek", Osijek, Croatia. grgurdulic@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Grgur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dulić
authors.forename: Kresimir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Candrlić
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blazeković
authors.forename: Krunoslav
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sego
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gasparović
authors.forename: Gordan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarić
authors.forename: Jasenka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Candrlić-Kalajdzić
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging