Successful removal of air gun bullets from the third ventricle

Neurosurgery. 1987 Feb;20(2):322-5. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198702000-00022.

Abstract

A patient with air gun bullets in the 3rd ventricle associated with delayed ventricular hemorrhage is presented. Through an anterior transcallosal approach, the surgeon successfully removed the bullets without any significant permanent sequelae.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Cerebral Ventricles / injuries*
  • Cerebral Ventricles / surgery
  • Cerebral Ventriculography
  • Child
  • Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Gunshot / complications
  • Wounds, Gunshot / diagnostic imaging
  • Wounds, Gunshot / surgery*