PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pengelly, Steven
AU  - Moore, N
AU  - Burgess, D
AU  - Mahlon, M
AU  - Rowlands, T
AU  - Cubison, T
TI  - Home-made explosive found inside injured Afghan
AID  - 10.1136/jramc-2014-000270
DP  - 2015 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
PG  - 150--152
VI  - 161
IP  - 2
4099  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/161/2/150.short
4100  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/161/2/150.full
SO  - J R Army Med Corps2015 Jun 01; 161
AB  - There is extensive literature on metal fragments from improvised explosive devices being embedded in patients but there are no reports describing the clinical and radiological appearances of embedded home-made explosive (HME). We present a case of partially detonated HME being found inside a patient's forearm. We discuss the medical management of the injury, the ongoing risk to the patient and surgical team associated with the explosive and the safe disposal of the substance.