• Der Unfallchirurg · Jul 2016

    Case Reports

    [Left ventricular projectile migration after an accidental close-range gunshot wound].

    • A Driessen, T Tjardes, C Eikermann, S Trojan, M Fröhlich, G Grimaldi, and N Kosse.
    • Klinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Sporttraumatologie, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Witten/Herdecke, Deutschland. adriessen@ukaachen.de.
    • Unfallchirurg. 2016 Jul 1; 119 (7): 604-8.

    AbstractWe report the case of a 24-year-old female after sustaining a shotgun wound in the left upper extremity and chest. Initial emergency diagnostics revealed numerous shotgun pellets scattered throughout the left-side soft tissue, chest and upper lung lobe with one pellet having migrated into the left ventricle of the heart.Due to the devastating injury pattern, gunshot wounds are interdisciplinarily challenging and should include extended initial diagnostics, such as contrast agent CT. The potential toxicity of elevated lead blood levels have to be taken into further account.

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