Unusual Coincidences In Gunshot Wound Cases: Two Case Reports
HALİL İBRAHİM TAŞCI, TEVFİK KÜÇÜKKARTALLAR, MEHMET AYKUT YILDIRIM
- Year : 2018
- Vol : 34
- Issue : 1
- Page :
36-39
In this study two cases were presented, whom had suspicion of intraabdominal gunshot
wound and were followed conservatively despite the misleading radiological results, and
we aimed to emphasize the importance of anamnesis and physical examination. Abdominal
tomography results of two male patients aged 20 and 34, who were admitted to the emergency
department with gunshot wounds in early phase, revealed that the patients had gunshot
pellets in their gastrointestinal tracts. Upon observing that the patients had no peritoneal
irritation signs, incongruous with the radiological results, their anamnesis were questioned
in a more detailed manner. Ultimately, it was learnt that both patients had been hunting and
had eaten game meat a short while before the incident. We thought that the gunshot pellets
seen in their intestines were related to the game meat they had eaten and the patients were
discharged without any problems following medical follow-up. These cases, which were seen
to have gunshot pellets in the gastrointestinal tract as revealed by abdominal tomography
results and were followed-up medically without any problems, show that, well questioned
anamnesis alongside with careful physical examination and monitorization principles prove
to be significant in preventing unnecessary laparotomy procedures in patients receiving
medical follow-up after intra-abdominal gunshot injuries.
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Taşçı Hİ, Küçükkartallar T, Yıldırım MA. Ateşli Silah Yaralanmasında Sıra Dışı Raslantılar:
2 Olgu Sunumu. Selcuk Med J 2018;34(1): 36-39
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Unusual Coincidences In Gunshot Wound Cases: Two Case Reports
2018,
Vol.
34
(1)
Received : 11.02.2016,
Accepted : 11.02.2016,
Published Online : 13.08.2018
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ISSN:1017-6616;
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