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Shotgun Pellet Embolization to the Posterior Cerebral Circulation

L.B. da Costaa,c, M.C. Wallacea and W. Montanerab

a Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
b Department of Neuroradiology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
c Department of Neurosurgery, Fundacao Benjamin Guimaraes/Hospital da Baleia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil


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  		Fig 1. Conventional radiographs and CT showing the location of the intracranial pellet in the interpeduncular cistern. A small area of hypoattenuation can be seen on the left superior cerebellar peduncle.


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  		Fig 2. Angiogram showing the normal left and right vertebral arteries in the neck.


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  		Fig 3. Angiogram, showing exclusion of the left superior cerebellar artery and the metallic pellet in its usual origin location.





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