Vol.102 No.12 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 102 No. 12 December 2009
A Case with a Shotgun Wound to the Cheek in which
the Bullet was Retained in the Maxillary Sinus
Yuki Komabayashi
(Nikko Memorial Hospital, Asahikawa Medical College)
Takashi Osaki
(Nikko Memorial Hospital)
Akihiro Katayama and Yasuaki Harabuchi
(Asahikawa Medical College)
Gunshot wounds are uncommon in Japan because gun possession is illegal. We report a case with a shotgun wound to the cheek. The patient was a 64-year-old man who was accidentally shot with a shotgun while hunting. He was alert and had no apparent neurological defects. He complained of cheek pain and nasal bleeding, and a bullet wound was observed in his left cheek. Computed tomography revealed a bullet lodged in the left maxillary sinus. We removed the bullet during endoscopic sinus surgery.
Key words :shotgun wound, bullet