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case_images: Pelvic X-ray demonstrating osteomyelitis of the sacrum and femur bilaterally.
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case_images: A computed tomography (CT) scan of the pelvis showed subcutaneous gas and erosive bone changes consistent with osteomyelitis of the sacrum (Figure 1).
case_images: Computed tomography of the thorax showing gas in soft tissue with cavitating ground glass nodules suspicious for septic emboli.
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case_images: Computed tomography scan of the chest showed multiple cavitary nodules consistent with septic pulmonary emboli (Figure 2).
case_images: Computed tomography of the thorax demonstrating left lower lobe pneumonia and the bullet fragment.
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case_images: Inferior thoracic CT slices also revealed left lower lobe pneumonia and a bullet fragment in a vertebral body from the gunshot wound that caused his paraplegia (Figure 3).
case_images: Transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrating a large tricuspid vegetation.
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case_images: The TTE revealed a 21 mm x 24 mm tricuspid valve vegetation with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 40% (Figure 4).