18YOM PATIENT PRESENTS DUE TO MILD PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOREARM DUE TO AN EMBEDDED METAL BB PELLET.  PATIENT STATES APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AGO HE WAS HAVING A BB GUN FIGHT WITH SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE LEFT FOREARM WITH A METAL BB PELLET.  HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THIS TIME, BUT THE BB REMAINED IN HIS FOREARM. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN SKIN
Date: 1/7/2025
Category: other / not elsewhere classified
Product: GAS, AIR OR SPRING-OPERATED GUNS
Products involved: BB'S OR PELLETS; GAS, AIR OR SPRING-OPERATED GUNS
Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Body part: Lower Arm
Location: Not Recorded