Clinical and neuroradiological correlations in a patient with a wandering retained air gun pellet in the brain

M Medina; A Melcarne; F Ettorre; S Barrale; C Musso

doi:10.1016/0090-3019(92)90113-2

Clinical and neuroradiological correlations in a patient with a wandering retained air gun pellet in the brain

Surg Neurol. 1992 Dec;38(6):441-4. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(92)90113-2.

Authors

M Medina¹, A Melcarne, F Ettorre, S Barrale, C Musso

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, S. Croce Hospital, Cuneo, Italy.

PMID: 1298110
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(92)90113-2

Abstract

The authors present the case of a patient with an air gun pellet that moved from the ventricular system into the subarachnoid space of C2-C3, from where it was successfully removed by interlaminotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain Injuries* / diagnostic imaging
Brain Injuries* / physiopathology
Foreign-Body Migration* / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration* / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Radiography
Wounds, Gunshot* / diagnostic imaging
Wounds, Gunshot* / physiopathology