Potential penetrating common carotid injury

The CT angiography shows a potential left common carotid injury (arrow) due to a bullet fragment in a patient who presented with a gunshot injury to the base of the neck.

CT: computed tomography.

Courtesy of Jose J Diaz, Jr, MD, CNS, FACS, FCCM.

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