Spontaneous migration of a bullet into the brain

We report the case of a 20-year-old man with a gunshot injury as an example of spontaneous migration of a metallic foreign body within the brain. Computed tomography (CT) showed the bullet in the left temporoparietal region. At 10 days follow-up, CT revealed that the bullet had migrated posteriorly,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2006-09, Vol.108 (6), p.573-575
Hauptverfasser:	Ozkan, Umit, Ozateş, Mustafa, Kemaloğlu, Serdar, Güzel, Aslan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Brain Injuries - diagnostic imaging Bullet Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging Gunshot wound Humans Intracranial Male Medical sciences Migration Neurology Neurosurgery Occipital Lobe Parietal Lobe Radiography Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Wounds, Gunshot - diagnostic imaging
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the case of a 20-year-old man with a gunshot injury as an example of spontaneous migration of a metallic foreign body within the brain. Computed tomography (CT) showed the bullet in the left temporoparietal region. At 10 days follow-up, CT revealed that the bullet had migrated posteriorly, due to the effect of gravity, lodging in the occipital lobe. Although there are a few literature reports of spontaneous migration of a bullet within the brain, this case was unique as the patient was fully conscious without any neurological deficit.
ISSN:	0303-8467 1872-6968
DOI:	10.1016/j.clineuro.2005.03.002