• Neurosurgery · Feb 1992

    Review Case Reports

    The sinking bullet.

    • S S Rengachary, M Carey, and J Templer.
    • 410th Evacuation Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    • Neurosurgery. 1992 Feb 1; 30 (2): 291-4; discussion 294-5.

    AbstractWe report a case of a missile injury to the brain with an unusual complication. The bullet migrated by its mere weight to a distant location through the brain parenchyma after it initially lodged in a superficial site. Instances of similar phenomena reported in the literature are reviewed.

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