title: [Penetrating injury of lower extremity caused by a heavy machine gun cartridge casing].
abstract: Penetrating injuries caused by cartridge casing are rarely described in the literature. This case report presents a 21-year-old male soldier with a lower extremity injury caused by a heavy machine gun cartridge casing. Physical examination revealed an entrance wound proximal and anterior of his right thigh and there were no exit wound identified. A radiograph of the femur showed the cartridge casing to have travelled caudally into the posterior aspect of the knee. There were no associated fractures or neurovascular injuries. The patient underwent surgical wound debridement and removal of the foreign body and was discharged fully recovered after three days.
authors.affiliation: Ortopædkirurgisk Afdeling, Regionshospitalet Holstebro, Lægårdvej 12, 7500 Holstebro. soeren.rytter@vest.rm.dk.
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rytter
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Homilius
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013848:Thigh / Q000293:injuries; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult