Citation

Lodder JV. S. Afr. J. Surg. 1997; 35(2): 94-97.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Themba Hospital, Mpumalanga.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Association of Surgeons of South Africa)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9267179

Abstract

Venous missile embolism to the pulmonary artery is a rare occurrence and controversy persists about the need to remove such a foreign body. This report describes a case of bullet embolism from the right common iliac vein to the left pulmonary artery. In this case the bullet was not removed.

Language: en