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“The Flipping Bullet” with Associated Intramedullary Dystrophic Calcification: An Unusual Cause for Migratory Myelopathy and Radiculopathy
Christopher H Hunt, *
Gavin A McKenzie
Felix E Diehn
Jonathan M Morris
Christopher P Wood
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Gavin A McKenzie
Felix E Diehn
Jonathan M Morris
Christopher P Wood
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Abstract
We report the case of a 24 year old male who had a retained bullet within his thoracic spine from a gunshot wound resulting in paraplegia. After 7 months he began experiencing painful dysesthesias at his sensory level. Repeat imaging demonstrated migration of the bullet as well as the development of intramedullary dystrophic calcification associated with the bullet. This case demonstrates not only the ability for retained bullets to migrate within the spinal canal but also demonstrates they can lead to remote symptoms due to the development of dystrophic calcification.
Keywords: Bullet, dystrophic calcification, spinal cord trauma.
