Foreign body: bullet in thigh

Diagnosis certain

Citation, DOI, disclosures and case data

Citation:

Salam H, Foreign body: bullet in thigh. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 May 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-8924

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-8924

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/cases/8924?iframe=true

rID:

8924

Disclosures:

At the time the case was submitted for publication Hani Makky Al Salam had no recorded disclosures.

Case published:

10 Mar 2010

Revisions:

Systems:

Musculoskeletal, Forensic, Trauma

Tags:

foreign_body

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Gunshot wound to the right thigh.

From the case: Foreign body: bullet in thigh

x-ray

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Frontal

Metallic foreign body projected in the lateral soft tissues of the distal lateral thigh. No acute bony injury.