ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 April 1980
Page Count: 2

Intracranial Missile Emboli
Glass, JM
Chief medical investigator and chief coroner/medical examiner, Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office, Alabama

Rivers, RL
Chief medical investigator and chief coroner/medical examiner, Coroner/Medical Examiner's Office, Alabama

Zaki, SA
Associate medical examiner, Office of the Medical Examiner, Georgia

(Received 19 June 1979; accepted 24 August 1979)

Abstract

Projectile embolization into the intracranial arterial system is an extremely rare occurrence. Vessel size restricts the entrance of foreign bodies except those of small caliber such as shotgun pellets. Several cases of cervical neck and intracranial projectile emboli resulting from penetrating wounds of the neck and head have been reported. A case of pellet embolization into the intracranial segments of both internal carotid arteries following penetrating pellet wounds of the heart and ascending aorta is presented.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, embolisms, cardiovascular system

Paper ID: JFS12126J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12126J
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