Cardiac injury from an air gun pellet: a case report

Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1999 Jun;9(3):184-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1072239.

Abstract

Air guns are tools which each day become more powerful serious or even fatal accidents are caused by them. We report the clinical case of a 10-year old patient who received an accidental shot puncturing the right auricle, with generation of an important hemopericardium. A favorable evolution followed conservative treatment. However, we want to emphasize the potential gravity of injuries caused by this type of weapon.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Firearms
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy
  • Heart Injuries / diagnosis*
  • Heart Injuries / therapy
  • Heart Ventricles / injuries*
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericardial Effusion / diagnosis
  • Pericardial Effusion / therapy