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Beyin içinde kalan kurşunun kendiliğinden yer değiştirmesi: Olgu sunumu

Spontaneous migration of a retained bullet within the brain: a case report

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We proposed that the bullet in the brain should be removed if it could be reasonably accessed without causing additional neurological damage.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Gunshot injury to the head is usually mortal, and spontaneous migration of a retained bullet is rare.
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Abstract

Gunshot injury to the head is usually mortal, and spontaneous migration of a retained bullet is rare. We report the case of a 23-year-old man with a spontaneously migrated bullet within the brain. Cranial computerized tomography (CT) indicated that the bullet was lodged deeply in the left parietal region. The patient was conscious and had right homonymous hemianopsia. The bullet was close to the vital structures and deep-seated; therefore, surgical intervention was not considered. Two months after the injury, repeat CT revealed that the bullet had migrated posteriorly and caudally due to gravitational factors. Management of the retained bullet was controversial. Removal of a deep-seated bullet may cause additional neurological deficit, but migration of a retained bullet may cause damage to vital structures, producing significant neurological damage. We proposed that the bullet in the brain should be removed if it could be reasonably accessed without causing additional neurological damage.

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Başın kurşun yaralanmaları genellikle ölümcüldür ve beyin içinde kalan kurşunun kendiliğinden hareketi nadir bir durumdur. Bu olgu sunumunda, 23 yaşındaki erkek hastanın beyninde kendiliğinden hareket eden kurşun sunuldu. Beyin bilgisayarlı tomogafisi (BT) kurşunun sol parietal bölgede derin yerleşimli olduğunu gösterdi. Hastanın bilinci açıktı ve sağ homonium hemianopsi vardı. Kurşun, hayati yapılara yakın ve derin yerleşimliydi. Bu yüzden, cerrahi girişim düşünülmedi. İki ay sonra çekilen kontrol BT’sinde kurşunun yerçekimi etkisi ile kaudale ve posteriyora doğru yer değiştirdiği görüldü. Beyin içinde kalan kurşunun tedavisi tartışmalıdır. Derinde yerleşen kurşunu çıkarmak ek nörolojik hasara neden olabileceği gibi kalan kurşunun hareketi de hayati yapıların zarar görmesine neden olabilir.Sonuç olarak, ek nörolojik defisite neden olmayacak kolay ulaşılabilir kurşunların çıkarılmasını öneriyoruz.

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ARSLAN, M., ESEOĞLU, M., GÜDÜ, B. O., DEMİR, İ., KOZAN, A. B. (2012). Beyin içinde kalan kurşunun kendiliğinden yer değiştirmesi: Olgu sunumu. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, Cilt: 18 - Sayı: 5, 449–452. https://ajindex.com/articles/324191

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