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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003;23:242
© 2003 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Distant endoarterial bullet migration following penetrating chest injury

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Turin, Via Genova,3 10126 Torino, Italy
^b Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, C.so Dogliotti, 14 10126 Torino, Italy

Received 22 August 2002; received in revised form 17 September 2002; accepted 5 November 2002.

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +39-011-633-6635; Fax: +39-011-696-0170
e-mail: pierluigifilosso@tiscalinet.it

Key Words: Left haemothorax • Bullet migration • Ultrasonographic examination

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A 61-year-old man was referred to us for massive left haemothorax (Fig. 1) following a penetrating thoracic gunshot wound. The entrance wound was between the scapula and the spine; no exit wound was . . . [Full Text of this Article]