Abstract
Over the past 10 decades, only five cases have been published of firearm injuries of the chest with conservative management, who in the follow-up expectorated the bullet. We report the first case in the history of gunshot injury chest, where a bullet was found near the posterior-lateral wall of the trachea of the patient who eventually expectorated the bullet with subsequent ingestion and excretion with stools. We try to emphasize the role of repeat morning radiograph in these patients.
Highlights
Spontaneous expectoration of a bullet after penetrating trauma is a rare occurrence and as such has not frequently been detailed in the literature
Case report We report a case of an 18-year-old man who sustained a gunshot wound of the right shoulder
The patient was taken for computed tomographic (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and the pelvis which showed a bullet in the cecum
Summary
Spontaneous expectoration of a bullet after penetrating trauma is a rare occurrence and as such has not frequently been detailed in the literature. We describe only the sixth patient in the last 100 years who sustained a gunshot wound to his chest and expectorated the bullet. Chest radiograph was showing a bullet in the neck and right hemopneumothorax.
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