Bullet embolism of the median cerebral artery

Kósa, F.; Bajnóczky, I.; Huszka, E.

Magyar Traumatologia Orthopaedia Es Helyreallito Sebeszet 21(1): 75-79

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-0317
PMID: 24153
Document Number: 125305
A shot injury to the middle cerebral artery caused occlusion to the vessel by thrombosis and emboly of the missile. The projectil had been removed, but a thrombus formed in the a. cerebri media as a postoperative complication or by progression of a thrombosis in the internal carotid artery and after 19 days the patient died. A focal emollition of the left cerebral hemisphere was found at autopsy.

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