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From: A firearm bullet lodged into the thoracic spinal canal without vertebral bone destruction: a case report

Figure 1

Imaging studies of the bullet injury. (A) Axial thoracic computed tomography (CT) image at the T8 level demonstrating the bullet nucleus in the canal without any bone destruction. Metallic artifacts can also be seen. (B) Two-dimensional sagittal reconstruction image, with the bullet nucleus in the mid spinal cord without bone destruction. Metallic artifacts can also be seen. (C) Two-dimensional coronal reconstruction CT image, with the bullet nucleus in the mid spinal cord without bone destruction. Metallic artifacts can also be seen. (D) Three-dimensional reconstruction CT image of the bullet in the intra-canalicular canal with no bone destruction. In this image the bullet setting can clearly be seen.

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Journal of Medical Case Reports

ISSN: 1752-1947