Projectile embolization to the left femoral artery with stroke following gunshot wound to the chest

Srinivasarao Badugu; Jeffrey Bennett; Nicholas Slamon

doi:10.3233/PIC-12036

Projectile embolization to the left femoral artery with stroke following gunshot wound to the chest

J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2012 Dec;1(4):217-220. doi: 10.3233/PIC-12036.

Authors

Srinivasarao Badugu¹, Jeffrey Bennett², Nicholas Slamon³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Intensive Care and Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
² Department of Neuroradiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Nemours/duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA.

Abstract

Missile embolization is a rare phenomenon with most cases reported in the literature as a consequence of direct or indirect vascular trauma. Despite their characterization as toys, traumatic injuries from pellet guns are associated with significant rates of morbidity related to their vascular and neurological complications. We present a 9-year-old boy who was shot in the chest with a pellet gun and suffered a femoral arterial occlusion and a delayed stroke in the middle cerebral arterial distribution.

Keywords: Projectile; embolus; stroke.