Citation

Tutar HE, Atalay S, Uysalel A, Ozberrak H, Koçak G. Angiology 1999; 50(4): 337-340.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara University Medical School, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10225471

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl presented with recurrent pericardial effusion due to firearm pellet injury to the left ventricle. The pellet was localized by two-dimensional echocardiography within the left ventricular apical wall. Since the patient was asymptomatic, left ventriculotomy was avoided to extract the pellet and only pericardial tube drainage was carried out. A slightly elevated blood lead level of the patient was alarming for potential subsequent lead poisoning due to retained pellets.

Language: en