Generally, a bullet that penetrates the human body travels in a straight line and either goes through it, leaving the body, or dissipates its kinetic energy and stops inside the soft tissues, until the surgeon finds it. However, a bullet sometimes has enough energy to pierce the wall of an arterial or venous vessel and even to enter the vascular system. There is a justified suspicion of a wandering bullet every time an exit hole is missing: in such a situation, several pitfalls may arise such as in the case that shall be detailed in this case report
Retrograde venous bullet embolism: a rare occurrence-case report and literature review
BERTOLDO, Ugo;
2004-01-01
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Generally, a bullet that penetrates the human body travels in a straight line and either goes through it, leaving the body, or dissipates its kinetic energy and stops inside the soft tissues, until the surgeon finds it. However, a bullet sometimes has enough energy to pierce the wall of an arterial or venous vessel and even to enter the vascular system. There is a justified suspicion of a wandering bullet every time an exit hole is missing: in such a situation, several pitfalls may arise such as in the case that shall be detailed in this case reportFile in questo prodotto:
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