• Pediatric cardiology · Jan 2010

    Case Reports

    The fantastic journey of a bullet: out with a snare.

    • Sunil S Raikar, Saadeh B Jureidini, Ian C Balfour, and Kathy Tinker.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University School of Medicine/Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center, 1465 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. jureidsb@slu.edu
    • Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Jan 1; 31 (1): 108-10.

    AbstractBullet embolus is a rare complication of penetrating missile trauma. Removal of the bullet previously required surgery. We report the case of a 14-year-old with an hepatic vein bullet embolus following a gunshot wound to the left buttock. A transjugular approach was used to extract the bullet percutaneously with an Amplatzer gooseneck snare.

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