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Foreign bodies enter the circulation from early direct puncture or delayed erosion of an artery or vein or directly through the heart.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Presentation of case:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A previously well 13-year-old Sri Lankan boy who presented 2 h following an air rifle injury to the lower sternum with chest pain, developed seizures and left hemiparesis. Contrast CT angiogram showed the pellet at the base of the skull at the right carotid canal, with a middle cerebral artery (MCA) thrombus and evidence of MCA infarction. Decompressive craniectomy was performed. Cerebral angiography confirmed complete occlusion of the intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) by the pellet, without cross circulation from the left ICA. Attempts at endovascular pellet retrieval failed. Open pellet embolectomy was not performed and the patient was managed conservatively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion &amp; conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Air rifle injury to the chest causing pellet embolism from the left ventricle to the right intracranial ICA with associated right MCA thrombus is a rare phenomenon. Missile embolism must be suspected when neurological findings are not in concordance with the site of injury especially in the absence of an exit wound and an inability to locate the pellet in the vicinity of the entry wound. Radiographs, CT and cerebral angiography are indicated to locate the pellet and associated injuries. 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