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Paradoxical bullet embolism: case report and literature review
1Department of Surgery, Presley Regional Trauma Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA. schurr@surgery.wisc.edu
The Journal of Trauma
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
Bullet embolization through the arterial or venous systems, although unusual, often causes diagnostic confusion. Paradoxical emboli are even more unusual. We present a case of a paradoxical bullet embolism from the left external iliac vein to the left common iliac artery via a patent foramen ovale.