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Case Reports
Missile embolism--pulmonary vein to systemic bullet embolism: a case report and review of the literature.
- Letlhogela M Ntlhe, Stephanus M Komati, Pieter A Fourie, and Alewyn P Rossouw.
- Department of Surgery, Dr George Mukhari Hospital and University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria.
- S Afr J Surg. 2008 May 1; 46 (2): 58, 60.
AbstractMissile embolism occurs very rarely. It was first reported by Thomas Davis in 1834, and only 153 cases had been reported up to 1988. Rich et al. reported a 0.3% incidence in 7 500 cases of vascular injury in the Vietnam conflict. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pulmonary vein entry and internal carotid artery embolisation.
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