Retained Subintimal Pellet in a Carotid Artery.
10.4250/jcu.2011.19.2.105
- Author:
Maria MANOUSI
1
;
Ioannis SARANTITIS
;
Spyros PAPADOULAS
;
Athanasios DIAMANTOPOULOS
;
Stavros K KAKKOS
;
George LAMPROPOULOS
;
Ioannis A TSOLAKIS
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, 'St Andrew' General Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gunshot wound;
Neck injuries;
Foreign bodies;
Carotid artery injuries
- MeSH:
Carotid Arteries;
Carotid Artery Injuries;
Foreign Bodies;
Hypogonadism;
Mitochondrial Diseases;
Myocardium;
Natural History;
Neck Injuries;
Ophthalmoplegia;
Wounds, Gunshot
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
2011;19(2):105-106
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A shotgun pellet is depicted in the present image in a carotid artery under the intima, which remained intact without local complications for up to six months. There is lack of data regarding the natural history of such a carotid pellet, but the experience from the myocardium is that, in the absence of infection, completely embedded missiles are usually asymptomatic, tolerated well and may be left in place.
