Open AccessGunshot (Pellets) injury of the Breast: A case report
Author(s) -
Victor Nwagbara,
Maurice E. Asuquo,
Cyril Agbor,
Ijeoma Esther Nwachukwu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2309-1622
DOI - 10.14419/ijm.v1i2.1088
Subject(s) - gunshot injury , medicine , pellets , amputation , surgery , gunshot wound , general surgery , oceanography , geology
Gunshot injuries form a major part of trauma but isolated breast injury due to gunshot is rare. Presented is a 40-year-old female with gunshot (pellets) injury of the breast. Initial surgeries to extract pellets resulted in partial amputation of the breast with surgical site infection. Management of this patient presented a dilemma in judgment of treatment in view of the effects of foreign bodies in the breast.