Citation

Pengelly S, Moore N, Burgess D, Mahlon M, Rowlands T, Cubison TCS. J. R. Army Med. Corps 2014; 161(2): 150-152.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, UK Royal Army Medical Corps)

DOI

10.1136/jramc-2014-000270

PMID

24970934

Abstract

There is extensive literature on metal fragments from improvised explosive devices being embedded in patients but there are no reports describing the clinical and radiological appearances of embedded home-made explosive (HME). We present a case of partially detonated HME being found inside a patient's forearm. We discuss the medical management of the injury, the ongoing risk to the patient and surgical team associated with the explosive and the safe disposal of the substance.

Language: en