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Shotgun pellet embolus to the middle cerebral artery
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1981
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External Cardiac MassageThrombosisInterventional NeuroradiologyMedicineShotgun PelletTraumatic Cardiac ArrestVascular TraumaBrain InjuryNeurologyCerebrovascular InterventionCerebral Blood FlowShotgun Pellet EmbolusStrokeCardiologyMassive EdemaEmergency MedicineNeurovascular Disease
A 24-year-old man had a massive right cerebral infarction after occlusion of the middle cerebral artery trunk by a shotgun pellet that embolized from the heart during external cardiac massage for cardiac arrest. The cerebral infarct was followed by massive edema, uncal herniation, and death.