The injuries to the nose and paranasal sinuses in the children resulting from shooting an air rifle

Subbotina M.V.

Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Belykh O.N.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Buksha I.A.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Kunitsina M.N.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Platonenko O.I.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

The injuries to the nose and paranasal sinuses in the children resulting from shooting an air rifle

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Subbotina M.V., Belykh O.N., Buksha I.A., Kunitsina M.N., Platonenko O.I.

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Journal: Russian Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology. 2018;83(3): 71‑74

DOI: 10.17116/otorino201883371

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Subbotina MV, Belykh ON, Buksha IA, Kunitsina MN, Platonenko OI. The injuries to the nose and paranasal sinuses in the children resulting from shooting an air rifle. Russian Bulletin of Otorhinolaryngology. 2018;83(3):71‑74. (In Russ.)
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This article reports two clinical cases of the successful treatment of the gunshot wounds in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses of the children resulting from the careless use of the pneumatic weapons. Despite the fact that the shots were fired from a close distance, the intracranial structures and the eyeballs remained unaffected. The bullets were localized in the nasal septum of one child and in the frontal recess of the other as is typical of the injuries inflicted to the nose and paranasal sinuses by the shots from the air rifles. Multi-slice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) is known to have a number of important advantages over the roentgenological examination for determining the location of the bullets. Bullets for pneumatic rifles are manufactured in the form of the balls either from lead or copper-coated steel; therefore, they are a priory can not be removed with the use of a magnet.

Keywords:

pneumatic rifles

gunshot wounds

children

nose and paranasal sinuses

Authors:

Subbotina M.V.

Irkutsk State Medical University, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Belykh O.N.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Buksha I.A.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Kunitsina M.N.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

Platonenko O.I.

Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia, 664025

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