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Lead intoxication from retained bullets is uncommon but potentially fatal. A 45-year-old
man was shot in the left wrist with a .32-caliber rifle. He was first seen 16 months
later with symptoms, signs, and laboratory values that were consistent with the diagnosis
of plumbism. The factors leading to plumbism, its evaluation, and treatment are reviewed.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 11,
1985
Received:
October 23,
1985
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© 1986 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
