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| Fetal gunshot of the chest: An unprecedented surgical encounter |
| Mohammad Hanif Beg1, Wasif M Ali2, Abdus Samad3 Abdus SamadKumar Gauraw4, Shahbaaz Alam4, Shaquib4 |
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1Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery unit, Department of Surgery, J.N.M.C.AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, J.N.M.C.AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India PIN-202002. 3Senior Resident, Department of surgery, J.N.M.C.AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India. 4MBBS, Junior Resident, Department of surgery, J.N.M.C. AMU, Aligarh, U.P., India. |
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doi:10.5348/ijcri-2011-08-46-CR-1
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Address correspondence to: Prof. Mohammad Hanif Beg Cardiothoracic surgery unit Department of surgery J.N.M.C. AMU Aligarh India Phone: 09760264780 Email: mhbeg@rediffmail.com |
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| Beg MH, Ali WM, Samad A, Gauraw K, Alam S, Shaquib. Fetal gunshot of the chest: An unprecedented surgical encounter. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2011;2(8):1-4. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Fetal gunshot injuries are rare and more often than not are concealed by parents because of the medico-legal issues and hence its incidence far exceeds the number of the cases reported in the world literature. It is very unusual to incidentally detect bullet in the chest wall after 10 years of injury.
Case Report: Case Report: We are presenting a rare case of 10-years-old boy, who was admitted for operation of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), but during routine pre-anesthetic check up, the chest X-ray of the patient showed a radio opaque shadow in the right hemithorax located subcutaneously. The bullet was removed under local anesthesia and the patient was later operated for CSOM. Conclusion: Conclusion: A long asymptomatic period without a previous history of gunshot injury and absence of any scar suggestive of entry wound on examination makes this case interesting and unique as this could happen if the patient had sustained the gunshot in utero. | |
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Key Words:
Chest, Gunshot, Fetus
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Author Contributions:
Mohammad Hanif Beg - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Wasif M. Ali - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Abdus Samad - Acquisition of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Kumar Gauraw - Acquisition of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published Shahbaaz Alam - Acquisition of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published Shaquib - Acquisition of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission:
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support:
None |
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Conflict of interest:
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright:
© Mohammad Hanif Beg et al. 2011; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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