The fantastic journey of a bullet: out with a snare.
Bullet embolus is a rare complication of penetrating missile trauma. Removal of the bullet previously required surgery. We report the case of a 14-year-old with an hepatic vein bullet embolus following a gunshot wound to the left buttock. A transjugular approach was used to extract the bullet percutaneously with an Amplatzer gooseneck snare.
Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University School of Medicine/Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, 1465 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. jureidsb@slu.edu
Sunil S
SS
Raikar
Saadeh B
SB
Jureidini
Ian C
IC
Balfour
Kathy
K
Tinker
D000293:Adolescent; D002404:Catheterization; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*