Wandering intravascular missiles: report of five cases from the Lebanon war.
Surgery
; 103(3): 376-80, 1988 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-3278406
ABSTRACT
From 1980 to 1986, during the Lebanon war, five patients with missile embolization were seen at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Three had entry in the heart or thoracic aorta with peripheral embolization, and two had entry in the internal carotid artery and inferior vena cava with embolization to the middle cerebral artery and heart, respectively. Embolization was suspected when, in the absence of an exit, routine x-ray films showed the missile in a distant location. Angiography and echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis. Peripheral arterial emboli were extracted while cerebral and venous emboli were kept, as they caused transient symptoms and remained silent.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo
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Migração de Corpo Estranho
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Embolia
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Corpos Estranhos
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Surgery
Ano de publicação:
1988
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Líbano