Quadriparesis due to Lead Poisoning Nine Years After a Gunshot Wound with Retained Bullet Fragments: A Case Report

Lead toxicity in adults is characterized by nonspecific symptoms of abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, fatigue, and weight loss. We present a case of severe lead toxicity that developed sub-acutely causing quadriparesis nine years after a gun shot wound with retained bullet fragments. The onset of symptoms may have been related to the development of a pseudocyst. The long interval between the gunshot wound and the onset of symptoms contributed to a delay in suspecting that the retained bullet was a source of lead toxicity.

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