Do we really need plain and soft-tissue radiographies to detect radiolucent foreign bodies in the ED?

Turkcuer, Ibrahim; Atilla, Rıdvan; Topaçoğlu, Hakan; Yanturali, Sedat; Kıyan, Selahattin; Kabakci, Neslihan; Bozkurt, Seyran; Çevik, Arif Alper

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.013

Cited by 61 publications

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“…Explosive debris is also often nonmetallic, which may further reduce sensitivity (60,106). That said, CT should always be performed before a possible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess the globe, as a metallic ocular foreign body may cause severe injury with MRI (22).…”

Section: Eye Imagingmentioning

confidence: 98%

Blast Injuries

Mathews¹,

Koyfman²

2015

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

103

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Section: Eye Imagingmentioning

confidence: 98%

Blast Injuries

Mathews¹,

Koyfman²

2015

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

103

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“…7 In our study, all WFB were hyperchoic with posterior acoustic shadowing. In other studies also retained wooden foreign bodies were seen as linear echogenic structures with pronounced acoustic shadowing.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Therefore, it is not possible to localize them on radiographs. 6,7 Ultrasonography (USG), Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the other imaging modalities useful for the detection of the radiolucent foreign bodies. 8,9 The identification of WFB may be exceedingly difficult on MRI.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wooden foreign bodies in soft tissue: role of tissue harmonic sonography

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Background: Wooden foreign bodies (WFB) are usually not detectable on radiography. Ultrasound is a useful tool for detection and localization of WFB. Objectives: We evaluated the efficacy of tissue harmonic sonography in detection of WFB and describe the imaging features of WFB on tissue harmonic imaging. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 28 patients with history of wooden (wood/thorn/bamboo) foreign body prick with tissue harmonic sonography. Results: The WFB was detected on ultrasonography in all 28 patients (100%) which was confirmed on surgery or follow up study. All WFB were echogenic casting strong posterior acoustic shadowing with or without surrounding hypoechoic halo. Conclusion: Tissue harmonic imaging is useful tool for detection and localization of retained WFB.

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“…La reconnaissance échographique de corps étrangers non métalliques (bois, verre, plastique) sous-cutanés en complé-ment de l'examen clinique s'avère plus rentable que les radiographies des tissus mous [14]. Elle permet sa localisation, notamment en profondeur, par rapport aux plans superficiels.…”

Section: Corps éTrangers Des Tissus Mous Collections Sous-cutanées Eunclassified