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Bullet injury to the esophagus detected by intestinal migration
1Department of Radiology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile 36617.
The Journal of Trauma
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Esophageal injury resulting from a gunshot wound of the chest is unusual. Even more rare is intraluminal movement of the bullet through the gut, which we found described only twice previously. The perforation was demonstrated by esophagram and confirmed by thoracotomy.