[Human bone fragment acting as a secondary projectile set off by an explosion]. / Fragmento de osso humano atuando como projétil secundário decorrente de explosão.

We report a case of a secondary projectile emanated from a fractured human bone from a victim of a bomb explosion. We also refer to the potential of transmition of blood-borne or body fluid pathogens by this mechanism of injury.

Fragmento de osso humano atuando como projétil secundário decorrente de explosão / Human bone fragment acting as a secondary projectile set off by an explosion

We report a case of a secondary projectile emanated from a fractured human bone from a victim of a bomb explosion. We also refer to the potential of transmition of blood-borne or body fluid pathogens by this mechanism of injury.