ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Bullet-Shaped Chest Tube Tip: Potential Pitfall in Diagnosis
Wadsworth, JD
Radiologist, John Randolph Hospital, VA

Messmer, JM
Assistant professor of radiology, Medical College of Virginia, VA

(Received 10 March 1983; accepted 20 April 1983)

Abstract

A potential pitfall in diagnosis with the use of a radiopaque tipped chest tube is reported. A discussion of bullet embolization to and from the heart is given.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, chest tube, pneumothorax, ballistics, embolus, wound ballistics

Paper ID: JFS11671J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11671J
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