Bullet embolism: An evaluative review to achieve an early diagnosis and an adecuate management

Bullet embolism (be) is a rare entity that can have life-threatening consequences. Due to its low frequency andits lack of symptoms, the diagnosis is often omitted. The embolism can be arterial, venous or paradoxical. Forembolism to take place, ballistics must be special and meet certain requirements. Imaging studies are essentialto reach the diagnosis. The therapy must be individualized according to the type of embolus and the associatedsymptomatology. The gold standard is thoracotomy, but in recent years the intravascular approach has come to beuseful to decrease the mortality rate due to be. In this article we review the behavior of be, the clinical picture, andthe diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of the multiple case reports of this entity