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- Mary Elizabeth Schroeder, Howard I Pryor, Albert K Chun, Rodeen Rahbar, Subodh Arora, and Khashayar Vaziri.
- Department of Surgery and Section of Vascular Surgery, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
- J. Vasc. Surg. 2011 Apr 1; 53 (4): 1113-5.
AbstractVenous bullet embolism is a rare and complicated occurrence reported in approximately 0.3% of penetrating trauma. The management of bullet emboli is decided on a case-by-case basis, balancing the risk of the embolus itself against those associated with extraction. We report a case of a 19-year-old man who sustained a gunshot wound to the anterior chest, which migrated to the left internal iliac vein in a retrograde fashion. We were able to successfully retrieve the missile using an endovascular approach, thereby minimizing the morbidity associated with an open procedure.Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
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