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Chest CT at admission shows the bullet near the cardiac apex, not being able to determine if it is inside or outside the pericardial sac.
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24 hrs after admission, body CT shows the bullet at division of femoris artery.
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We decided to perform a body CT that identified the bullet at the division of the femoris artery (Figure 2); this was confirmed by a Doppler ultrasound that revealed a lumen obstruction of the profundal femoris artery (Figure 3).
Lower right limb ultrasound shows the bullet at division of femoris artery, with obstruction of profundal femoris artery.
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We decided to perform a body CT that identified the bullet at the division of the femoris artery (Figure 2); this was confirmed by a Doppler ultrasound that revealed a lumen obstruction of the profundal femoris artery (Figure 3).