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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152021000100038</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Migración de proyectil de arma de fuego en vía urinaria: Reporte de un caso con enfoque Médico Legal]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Migration of a bullet from a gunshot wound in the urinary tract: A case report with Legal Medicine approach]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Argüello Borbón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Poder Judicial Departamento de Medicina Legal]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Heredia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>38</fpage>
<lpage>45</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152021000100038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152021000100038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152021000100038&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La migración de un proyectil de arma de fuego por la vía urinaria y expulsión espontánea del mismo por el meato urinario es un hecho infrecuente. Se presenta el caso de un masculino de 24 años de edad, quien sufrió herida por proyectil de arma de fuego con orificio de entrada en el muslo derecho, sin orifico de salida, se observó mediante una radiografía el proyectil alojado en la pelvis, dos meses y medio después el paciente se presenta al servicio de emergencias con el proyectil ubicado en la uretra, el cual se extrajo por el meato urinario sin complicaciones. Se hizo una revisión de la literatura sobre migración de proyectiles de armas de fuego.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Migration of a bullet through the urinary tract and spontaneous expulsion through the urinary meatus is an uncommon event. We present a case of a 24-year-old male, who suffered a gunshot wound with an entry hole in the right thigh, without an exit hole, and the projectile lodged in the pelvis was observed by radiography, two months and a half later the patient presented to the emergency service with the projectile located in the urethra, which was removed through the urinary meatus without complications. A review of the literature on migration of bullet projectiles was made.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Proyectil de arma de fuego]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[migración de proyectil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[proyectil errante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[herida por proyectil. de arma de fuego]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trauma de vejiga]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bullet]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[projectile migration]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[wandering projectile]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[gunshot wound]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[bladder trauma]]></kwd>
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