A 20-year-old man presented with mild low back pain with no radicular irradiation. He was a poor historian, but recalled a gunshot wound 8 years previously that did not have any major clinical implications. Imaging studies showed a bullet in the middle of the intervertebral disc at L3–L4 (Figs. 1–3). There was no clinical or laboratory evidence of lead poisoning [1,2]. Nonsurgical care was recommended.

New intervertebral device? No, just a bullet inside the L3–L4 disc

FORMICA, MATTEO;
2014-01-01

Abstract

A 20-year-old man presented with mild low back pain with no radicular irradiation. He was a poor historian, but recalled a gunshot wound 8 years previously that did not have any major clinical implications. Imaging studies showed a bullet in the middle of the intervertebral disc at L3–L4 (Figs. 1–3). There was no clinical or laboratory evidence of lead poisoning [1,2]. Nonsurgical care was recommended.
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