TY - JOUR PY - 1980// TI - Embolism of cerebral tissue to lungs following gunshot wound to head JO - Journal of trauma A1 - Hatfield, S. A1 - Challa, V. R. SP - 353 EP - 355 VL - 20 IS - 4 N2 - The case history of a 28-year-old man who sustained a gunshot wound to the head and developed multiple pulmonary emboli composed of cerebral tissue is presented. The brain tissue fragments probably entered the severed end of a bridging vein, traveled along the superior sagittal sinus, and gained access to the internal jugular vein and systemic venous return.
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