Migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot wound
Gunshot wounds to the genitourinary system are relatively rare, and it is even rarer a retained bullet migrates into the urinary tract. We describe a case where the bullet migrated into the bladder and formed a bladder stone eighteen years after the injury. This presentation is unique as it is one o...
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| description | Gunshot wounds to the genitourinary system are relatively rare, and it is even rarer a retained bullet migrates into the urinary tract. We describe a case where the bullet migrated into the bladder and formed a bladder stone eighteen years after the injury. This presentation is unique as it is one of the longest times from gunshot wound to presentation in the current literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35f233a78d2f45c280eded25df1e85c22022-12-22T01:18:38ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202020-01-0128Migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot woundJoanna Marantidis0Grace Biggs1Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, 370 Bassett Rd., North Haven, CT, 06473, USA; Corresponding author.Griffin Faculty Physicians, 300 Seymour Ave., Derby, CT, 06418, USAGunshot wounds to the genitourinary system are relatively rare, and it is even rarer a retained bullet migrates into the urinary tract. We describe a case where the bullet migrated into the bladder and formed a bladder stone eighteen years after the injury. This presentation is unique as it is one of the longest times from gunshot wound to presentation in the current literature.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442019303201 |
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| title | Migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot wound |
| title_full | Migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot wound |
| title_fullStr | Migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot wound |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot wound |
| title_short | Migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot wound |
| title_sort | migrated bullet in the bladder presenting 18 years after a gunshot wound |
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