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- Title
Bullet embolism of pulmonary artery: a case report.
- Authors
Yamanari, Mauricio Gustavo Ieiri; Mansur, Maria Clara Dias; Kay, Fernando Uliana; Silverio, Paulo Rogerio Barboza; Jayanthi, Shri Krishna; de Gusmão Funari, Marcelo Buarque
- Abstract
The authors report the case of a patient victim of gunshots, with a very rare complication: venous bullet embolism from the left external iliac vein to the lingular segment of the left pulmonary artery. Diagnosis is made with whole-body radiography or computed tomography. Digital angiography is reserved for supplementary diagnosis or to be used as a therapeutic procedure.
- Subjects
PULMONARY artery; GUNSHOT wounds; ILIAC vein; COMPUTED tomography; DIGITAL angiography; PATIENTS; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Radiologia Brasileira, 2014, Vol 47, Issue 2, p128
- ISSN
0100-3984
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1590/S0100-39842014000200018