Gun shot wound: impacted bullet

Case contributed by Zaid Omari , 25 Jan 2018
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Ian Bickle, 26 Jan 2018

Updates to Case Attributes

Title was changed:
Gun shot wound: impacted bullet
Status changed from pending review to published (public).
Published At was set to .
Presentation was changed:
A brain cancer patient, with a history of a gun shot to the left shoulder .
Body was changed:

The most common gun bullets are made of a lead core and isare safe in an MRI environment, however, steel bullets and armorarmour piercing bullets with a stainless steel core are not safe for MRI imaging.  

  • -<p>The most common gun bullets are made of lead core and is safe in an MRI environment, however steel bullets and armor piercing bullets with stainless steel core are not safe for MRI imaging . <br> </p>
  • +<p>The most common gun bullets are made of a lead core and are safe in an MRI environment, however, steel bullets and armour piercing bullets with a stainless steel core are not safe for MRI imaging. <br> </p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

On chest CT scan, the bullet is causing significant artifactartefact, and appears impacted in the left supraspinatusmuscle. 

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