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Internal Carotid Artery Embolism by Shotgun Pellet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Jitendar M. Sethi  and
Bohdan Rozdilsky
Jitendar M. Sethi
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Bohdan Rozdilsky*
Affiliation:
Division of Neuropathology, University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
*
Division of Neuropathology, University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W0.
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Various examples of foreign body embolization of cerebral arteries, usually followed by serious consequences, have been reported (Lindberg et al, 1961; Chason et al, 1963; Steele et al, 1972; Wetli et al, 1972). However, a shotgun pellet entering the left atrium of the heart through a gunshot wound of the chest with subsequent embolic occlusion of one of the carotid arteries appears to be unique. It is the subject of this short communication.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1978 , pp. 325 - 326
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1978

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