Gastrointestinal Bullet Embolism with Spontaneous Expulsion of the Projectile
- Pediatric Surgery in Tropics , 1 (3) : 150-153
Résumé
A 5-year-old girl was admitted with signs of peritonitis following gunshot injury of
the abdomen. At laparotomy, a perforation of 1.5 cm diameter on the greater
curvature of stomach was noted. Intraoperatively the projectile could not be located
and hence gastrorrhaphy was performed. Postoperatively, a plain abdominal
radiograph revealed the presence of a projectile in the abdomen. The patient
resumed intestinal motility with diarrhea on the postoperative day-4. The bullet was
spontaneously expelled during defecation on the postoperative day-7 and the
diarrhea resolved on the postoperative day-11. Gastrointestinal bullet embolism
with spontaneous expulsion of the bullet is a very rare phenomenon.
Mots-clés
ballistic trauma, gastro-intestinal pathology, bullet embolism, gastric perforation, gunshot injury, intestinal foreign body