Air gun pellet: cardiac penetration and peripheral embolization.
Use of high-velocity air guns can to lead to serious injuries. Management options of cardiac pellet gun injuries are based on patient stability, and course and location of the pellet. Presently reported is the case of a boy who was shot with an air gun pellet. Following right ventricular entry, the pellet lodged in the left atrium and embolized to the right iliac and femoral artery. Following pellet localization, right ventricular injury was repaired, and the pellet was removed successfully.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir-Turkey. dr.onur.aras@gmail.com.
Onur
O
Işık
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir-Turkey.
Çağatay
Ç
Engin
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir-Turkey.
Ahmet
A
Daylan
Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir-Turkey.
Cengiz
C
Şahutoğlu
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging