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J Pediatr Intensive Care 2012; 01(04): 217-220
DOI: 10.3233/PIC-12036
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Projectile embolization to the left femoral artery with stroke following gunshot wound to the chest

Srinivasarao Badugu
a   Department of Pediatric Intensive Care and Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
,
Jeffrey Bennett
b   Department of Neuroradiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
,
Nicholas Slamon
c   Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Nemours/duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA
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27 March 2012

12 November 2012

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28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Missile embolization is a rare phenomenon with most cases reported in the literature as a consequence of direct or indirect vascular trauma. Despite their characterization as toys, traumatic injuries from pellet guns are associated with significant rates of morbidity related to their vascular and neurological complications. We present a 9-year-old boy who was shot in the chest with a pellet gun and suffered a femoral arterial occlusion and a delayed stroke in the middle cerebral arterial distribution.

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Projectile - embolus - stroke