Seemingly harmless low velocity weapons like air guns sometimes may cause deep penetration of tissues leading to serious disability or even death especially in children. Deep penetration is rare in adults. We present a case of penetration of anterior skull base by air gun pellet in an adult in whom the projectile could not be retrieved initially but became accessible for removal due to spontane...

An 84-year-old man presented with a high-pressure injection injury of the left thumb. The hand-held water gun involved generates less pressure than the grease and paint sprayers usually involved in these injuries. The patient was managed conservatively in the hospital with elevation, observation, and dressing changes. Surgical debridement was not required. This case points out a previously unre...

Abstract Background A case of simultaneous adrenocortical and renal cell carcinoma due to long-term lead exposure from residual gun pellets is a rare relatively unknown topic in the literature. Case presentation We present 43-year-old male patient with giant retroperitoneal tumor. Thirteen years before he had shotgun injury left upper side abdomen are abdominal wall. Extirpation tumor kidney wa...

BACKGROUND To ascertain the prevalence of gun ownership, gun safety education, and parental attitudes on gun counseling in a Midwestern sample. METHODS Parents seeking care at participating practices in the Southwestern Ohio Ambulatory Research Network were recruited to complete a survey about gun ownership, gun safety education, and gun counseling attitudes. Attitudes and beliefs were compar...

In the closing months of each 3'ear a number of cases of so called "gun-powder injury" to the eyes are met with in the South of India, lhese accidents occur mostly at the time of the feasts of Deepavali (DivaliJ and Kartilc which are commonly spoken of as "cracker feasts." Ihe appearance of an injured eye is most characteristic; it looks as if a number of fine grains of red pepper had been imbe...

T horrific loss of life at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012 has prompted a national conversation about guns and mental illness in the United States. This tragedy occurred less than 6 months after 70 people were shot in a movie theater in Colorado and after highly publicized mass shootings in Arizona and at Virginia Tech. These four events share two common c...