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- Title
Riddle of a Bullet: Transmediastinal or Unilateral Chest Injury?
- Authors
Schulz, Arndt P.; Faschingbauer, Maximilian
- Abstract
Thoracic gunshot injuries are relatively rare in Western European Trauma Departments. In the case of a thoracic gunshot wound it is vital to establish if mediastinal structures are damaged. Non-mediastinal injuries often only require tube-thoracostomy followed by close observation. We report a case were the localisation of the gunshot wound together with the initial X-ray were suggestive of a transmediastinal injury pattern. A helical CT-scan could exclude this. A forensic reconstruction was performed retrospectively; the most likely chain of events and injury pattern is explained.
- Subjects
WESTERN Europe; GUNSHOT wounds; THORACIC surgery; CHEST endoscopic surgery; CHEST examination; FORENSIC radiography
- Publication
European Journal of Trauma, 2006, Vol 32, Issue 2, p194
- ISSN
1439-0590
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00068-006-6078-1