Author:
Hassan Ali M,Cooley Roger S,Papadimos Thomas J,Fath John J,Schwann Thomas A,Elsamaloty Haitham
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Vascular embolization of a projectile discharged from a weapon is a rare event. In this report a hunter's errant gunshot struck a farmer in the left chest.
Case report
The projectile was lodged between the apex of the heart and the diaphragm. The patient was treated non-operatively and was discharged home only to return to the emergency department with chest pain and subsequent identification of the projectile in the left inferior pulmonary vein. Operative management consisted of a median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass, and a pulmonary venectomy.
Conclusion
He was subsequently discharged home and recovered uneventfully.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
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