The silicone breast implant changed the trajectory of the bullet away from the woman's heart
A woman who was shot in the chest survived the gunshot after one of her silicone breast implants deflected the bullet from her heart, according to a report published in the journalThe 30-year-old unidentified woman had told authorities at the time that she had been walking down a street when she suddenly felt “heat and pain in her left chest.”You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
Upon further examination, doctors say that they found the bullet was lodged in the woman’s lower right chest wall, underneath her breast — which they say was not the expected trajectory of the bullet given its point of entry in the left breast.“Based on trajectory of bullet entry clinically and evaluation radiologically, the only source of bullet deflection of the bullet is the left breast implant,” the report notes.
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