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Target Lesions and Other Paintball Injuries

Jennifer A. Sbicca and Robert L. Hatch
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2012, 25 (1) 124-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110120

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  • Figure 1.
    Figure 1.

    Skin lesions due to paintball impacts. Known as paintball purpura, these lesions may have either a “target” shape (2 lesions lower on leg) or an annular shape (lesion near knee).

  • Figure 2.
    Figure 2.

    A paintball player wearing American Society for Testing and Materials–approved face mask. Though the mask does an excellent job of protecting the face, eyes, nose, and mouth, it offers little or no protection to the forehead and scalp. This explains the occasional occurrence of traumatic scalp pseudoaneurysms among paintball players.

Tables

  • Table 1.

    Summary of Reported Paintball Injuries

    InjuryReference in Which Injury Was Reported
    Paintball purpuraScott & Scott, 1989 (21)
    Nonspecific sports injury (strain/sprain, contusion/abrasion, laceration, fracture)Conn et al, 2004 (6)
    Ocular injury (hyphema, vitreous hemorrhage, traumatic cataract)Listman, 2004 (11)
    Farr & Fekrat, 1999 (12)
    Traumatic pseudoaneurysmCohen & Itshayek, 2010 (23)
    Solid organ injury
        RenalGuerrero et al, 2009 (27)
        UrologicAgrawal et al, 2006 (25)
    Joudi et al, 2004 (26)
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