A Retained Bullet in Pericardial Sac: Penetrating Gunshot Injury of the Heart
CASE REPORTS IN CARDIOLOGY, cilt.2016, 2016 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 2016
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.1155/2016/2427681
- Dergi Adı: CASE REPORTS IN CARDIOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Penetrating cardiac trauma is rarely seen but when present there is a short time lag to keep the patients alive. Cardiac gunshot injuries are exceptional and it occurs mostly during interpersonal disagreements casualties or a mistakenly fired gun nowadays. Here we present a case of cardiac gunshot injury from the war of Kobani, Syria. The patient was mistakenly diagnosed to have a sole bullet in the left shoulder while he had a penetrating cardiac trauma with a bullet in the heart and pericardial effusion possibly giving rise to pericardial tamponade. Luckily the cardiac gunshot injury was noticed one day later and the patient was referred to a tertiary hospital. Intrapericardial bullet was conservatively followed up. The patient was discharged one week later after resection of the bullet in the shoulder.