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A case of bullet embolus from a pulmonary vein to the right axillary artery is reported. Though bullet embolization is unusual, it should be considered in any patient who has sustained a gunshot wound and does not have an exit wound, and whose plain films demonstrate a bullet far from the suspected path of the projectile.
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Kerr, A., Louie, W. Bullet embolus from a pulmonary vein to the right axillary artery. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 16, 178–179 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02641887
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02641887