An Elusive Bullet in the Gastrointestinal Tract : A Rare Case of Bullet Embolism in the Gastrointestinal Tract and a Review of Relevant Literature

Joint Authors

Abrol, Sunil
Price, Catherine
Biswas, Saptarshi

Source

Case Reports in Critical Care

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-8, 8 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-01-28

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

8

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Bullet embolism within the gastrointestinal system is extremely rare.

Such bullet injuries are infrequently covered in the general literature, but the surgeon should be aware of the phenomenon.

Smaller caliber bullets are more common in civilian gunshot wound (GSW) events.

These bullets are able to tumble through the gastrointestinal tract and cause perforation of the intestinal lumen which is small enough to be easily missed.

Bullets retained in the abdominal cavity should not be dismissed as fixed and should be carefully monitored to ensure that they do not embolize within the bowel and cause occult lesions during their migration.

We present a unique case wherein a bullet caused a minute perforation in the small bowel, before migrating to the distal colon, which resulted in late presentation of sepsis secondary to peritonitis.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Biswas, Saptarshi& Price, Catherine& Abrol, Sunil. 2014. An Elusive Bullet in the Gastrointestinal Tract : A Rare Case of Bullet Embolism in the Gastrointestinal Tract and a Review of Relevant Literature. Case Reports in Critical Care،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490744

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Biswas, Saptarshi…[et al.]. An Elusive Bullet in the Gastrointestinal Tract : A Rare Case of Bullet Embolism in the Gastrointestinal Tract and a Review of Relevant Literature. Case Reports in Critical Care No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490744

American Medical Association (AMA)

Biswas, Saptarshi& Price, Catherine& Abrol, Sunil. An Elusive Bullet in the Gastrointestinal Tract : A Rare Case of Bullet Embolism in the Gastrointestinal Tract and a Review of Relevant Literature. Case Reports in Critical Care. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490744

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-490744