[Bullet embolism of the median cerebral artery].

A shot injury to the middle cerebral artery caused occlusion to the vessel by thrombosis and emboly of the missile. The projectil had been removed, but a thrombus formed in the a. cerebri media as a postoperative complication or by progression of a thrombosis in the internal carotid artery and after 19 days the patient died. A focal emollition of the left cerebral hemisphere was found at autopsy.