title: Missile embolism--pulmonary vein to systemic bullet embolism: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Missile embolism occurs very rarely. It was first reported by Thomas Davis in 1834, and only 153 cases had been reported up to 1988. Rich et al. reported a 0.3% incidence in 7 500 cases of vascular injury in the Vietnam conflict. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pulmonary vein entry and internal carotid artery embolisation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dr George Mukhari Hospital and University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria.
authors.forename: Letlhogela M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ntlhe
authors.forename: Stephanus M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Komati
authors.forename: Pieter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fourie
authors.forename: Alewyn P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rossouw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery