An unusual case of gunshot injury to the spine

An eighteen-year-old male was brought with a gunshot to the right thorax. There was reduced air entry on the right chest, and the patient had AIS A neurology. However, plain radiographs of the spine were normal. CT of the chest revealed the trajectory of the bullet, which entered through the T7 right neural foramen, transected the cord, and exited the left foramen with minimal osteoligamentous disruption. The patient was managed conservatively, and once his respiratory function recovered, he underwent rehabilitation. This is the first report describing a low-velocity gunshot injury, causing cord injury without significant osteoligamentous disruption.