Anterograde venous bullet embolism from the left facial vein to the right ventricle.
Bullet
Embolism
Gunshot
Interventional
Radiology
Vascular
Journal
Trauma case reports
ISSN: 2352-6440
Titre abrégé: Trauma Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101711730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
accepted:
07
11
2021
entrez:
25
11
2021
pubmed:
26
11
2021
medline:
26
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A young man presented to the emergency department reporting he had been recently shot in the face and chest with an unknown weapon. Initial physical examination only found bruising by the left hemimandible, but CT angiography of the thorax revealed a BB in the right ventricle. A subsequent CT angiography of the head and neck showed no major arterial injury but noted stranding and irregularity of the left facial vein directly deep to the injury site. The findings favoured anterograde venous bullet embolism from the left facial vein to the right ventricle. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a relatively small diameter and superficial vein of the face resulting in this phenomenon.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34820497
doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100552
pii: S2352-6440(21)00157-6
pmc: PMC8602048
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
100552Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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