Transthoracic venous bullet embolism: A case report.

Regarding gun shot injury, it is unusual to find the bullet far out of its track. Bullet embolism is a rare phenomenon in which a bullet moves further from the site of entry through the circulation system and lodges in a distant site. We reported a case of transthoracic venous bullet embolism, wherein a bullet penetrated the wall of the right atrium and lodged in the left common iliac vein. The mechanism of bullet embolism (or by which a bullet embolus moves through blood vessels) are discussed briefly and proposed to forensic pathologists.