Introduction:

Pediatric cervical gun injuries have a low incidence, approximately 5 to 10%, with a mortality of 0 to 11%.

Clinical Case:

a 13-year-old male patient who presented with trauma to the face, neck and thorax due to accidental firearm injury (shotgun) with the following diagnoses: Facial trauma: fracture of the upper and lower jaw; Neck trauma: C4 / C7 vertebral body injury with embedded pellets; Chest trauma: right pulmonary contusion; Soft tissue trauma: embedded pellets in subcutaneous soft tissue. He was admitted to the Trauma hospital in hypovolemic shock, presenting almost immediate cardiorespiratory arrest, which responded to advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation. CT scan of the skull was normal at admission; on the 8th day it showed evident splintering in the basal venous system; CT of the neck: tracheal displacement and evident peri-tracheal air; Angio CT: pseudoaneurysm in left internal carotid artery. Fibrobronchoscopy: bruises at the tracheal level; EDA: esophagus and stomach with fibrin-covered erosions without evidence of fistula or hollow viscera perforation. Treatment: on Mechanical Respiratory Assistance (MRA) for 10 days; inotropes for 72 hours, internal carotid artery repair was performed, Erich arch placement by maxillofacial surgeons. He was discharged to the pediatric ward with favorable evolution.

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