Indirect ballistic injury to the liver resulting in retained bullet complicated with hepatic abscess: A case report
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Bsat, Ayman
Ataya, Karim Wehby
Osman, Bassam
Hafez, Bassel
Kanafani, Dana
Hallak, Razan
Khalife, Mohamad Jawad
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Oxford University Press
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Indirect and extraperitoneal penetrating liver injury is an extremely uncommon phenomenon. In this report, we highlight the case of an 18-year-old male patient that sustained a gunshot wound with an entry site through the right buttock and landed in the liver. He presented to us in sepsis due to developing a hepatic abscess at the site of the dislodged bullet that was confirmed with computed tomography. Interestingly, the ballistic missile did not cause any visceral injury due to its indirect and extraperitoneal trajectory. The patient underwent diagnostic laparoscopy, where the hepatic abscess was unroofed and evacuated. A free-floating bullet was found and extracted, and a small bile duct leak was repaired. The patient had an uneventful post-operative course and was duly discharged on an empiric course of antibiotics. © 2022 Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Gunshot wound, Hepatic abscess, Indirect ballistic injury, Retained foreign object, Alanine aminotransferase, Alkaline phosphatase, Antibiotic agent, Aspartate aminotransferase, Bilirubin, Ciprofloxacin, Lactate dehydrogenase, Metronidazole, Piperacillin plus tazobactam, Abdominal tenderness, Adult, Article, Bile duct, Bullet, Buttock, Case report, Clinical article, Computed tomographic angiography, Computer assisted tomography, Fever, Foreign body, Gunshot injury, Human, Iliac crest, Laparoscopy, Laparotomy, Liver abscess, Liver injury, Male, Morbidity, Palpation, Sepsis, Septic shock