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Cardiac injury from an air gun pellet: a case report
M Alaminos Mingorance1, F J Castejón Casado, J C Valladares Mendias
1Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Virgen del las Nieves University Hospital, Granada, Spain.
Abstract:
Air guns are tools which each day become more powerful serious or even fatal accidents are caused by them. We report the clinical case of a 10-year old patient who received an accidental shot puncturing the right auricle, with generation of an important hemopericardium. A favorable evolution followed conservative treatment. However, we want to emphasize the potential gravity of injuries caused by this type of weapon.