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Carotid artery injury from an airgun pellet: a case report and review of the literature
2009
Head & Face Medicine
Historically airguns were powerful weapons. Modern models, though less lethal, are still capable of inflicting serious or life threatening injuries. Current United Kingdom legislation fails to take into the account the capacity for airguns to maim and kill. We believe that airguns should be governed by the same law that applies to firearms. We present a case of a potentially fatal airgun injury to the neck. The airgun pellet caused a defect in the anterior wall of the external carotid artery,
doi:10.1186/1746-160x-5-3
pmid:19149904
pmcid:PMC2633272
fatcat:fzo63h2eobgphjl22yf7r42nme