[Bullet embolism].
Bullet embolism is an uncommon consequence of penetrating firearm injuries, rarely observed in everyday forensic practice. The present report presents two cases of gunshot bullet embolism. The first examined case is a contact gunshot wound with the entry wound situated at the back of the victim. The wound channel terminated in the thoracic aorta, where from, in keeping with the blood flow, the bullet was transported into the left common iliac artery. The second case pertains to a gunshot in the head, with the bullet shot from a point blank range. The wound channel had a downward course and terminated in the superior vena cava at the level of the pericardium, where from the bullet was transported down the inferior vena cava to the right femoral vein.
Katedry Medycyny Sadowej UMK w Toruniu, Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy.
Piotr
P
Engelgardt
Ewa
E
Wolska
Elzbieta
E
Bloch-Bogusławska
D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000473:pathology*; D044709:Forensic Ballistics; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*