Intravascular missile: apparent retrograde course from the left ventricle

R K Lamb; A Pawade; A L Prior

doi:10.1136/thx.43.6.499

Intravascular missile: apparent retrograde course from the left ventricle

Thorax. 1988 Jun;43(6):499-500. doi: 10.1136/thx.43.6.499.

Authors

R K Lamb¹, A Pawade, A L Prior

Affiliation

¹ North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent.

Abstract

An air gun pellet was found in the right superior pulmonary vein after penetrating the left ventricle of a 14 year old boy. This apparent retrograde movement in the left side of the heart has not been reported previously.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Injuries / etiology*
Heart Ventricles / injuries
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography
Wounds, Gunshot / complications*