Tracheal bullet excreted with the stool: a rare course of events in airway gunshot injury

Abstract

Over the past 10 decades, only five cases have been published of firearm injuries of the chest with conservative management, who in the follow-up expectorated the bullet. We report the first case in the history of gunshot injury chest, where a bullet was found near the posterior-lateral wall of the trachea of the patient who eventually expectorated the bullet with subsequent ingestion and excretion with stools. We try to emphasize the role of repeat morning radiograph in these patients.