Shotgun pellet embolus to the middle cerebral artery

Neurology. 1981 Apr;31(4):458-61. doi: 10.1212/wnl.31.4.458.

Abstract

A 24-year-old man had a massive right cerebral infarction after occlusion of the middle cerebral artery trunk by a shotgun pellet that embolized from the heart during external cardiac massage for cardiac arrest. The cerebral infarct was followed by massive edema, uncal herniation, and death.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Arteries / injuries
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
  • Heart Massage / adverse effects
  • Heart*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Male
  • Wounds, Gunshot / complications*
  • Wounds, Gunshot / diagnostic imaging