Gunshot injury: bullet in spinal canal

Case contributed by Alexandra Stanislavsky , 13 Mar 2011
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Bruno Di Muzio, 2 Sep 2015

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Gunshot injury: bullet in spinal canal

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  • Spine

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Chest X-ray
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Signs of lower ribs fractures on the right, drained pleural effusion on the right and bullet fragments projected over a lower thoracic vertebral body.

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Image CT (bone window) ( update )

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CT Chest
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Selected CT images showing the bulled in the spinal canal and its trajectory fracturing a rib on the right and causing a lung haemorragic lesion with pneumothorax and pleural effusion. 

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Specifics was set to lung window.

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Image ( update )

Perspective was set to Axial.
Specifics was set to lung window.

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