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In a patient wounded by a gunshot in the abdomen, the bullet was radiologically located intradurally at S1 level. Although she had no neurological deficit at admission, she developed pain and motor weakness a few days later. At operation the bullet was found at L4 level and its removal resulted in complete neurological recovery.
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Avci, S., Açikgöz, B. & Gündoğdu, S. Delayed neurological symptoms from the spontaneous migration of a bullet in the lumbosacral spinal canal. Case report. Spinal Cord 33, 541–542 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1995.117
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1995.117