Abstract
Foreign bodies in soft tissue may cause serious problems for both emergency physicians and orthopaedic surgeons. Wooden or plastic foreign bodies which are diolucent can not be diagnosed with direct graphy and they are more prone to cause soft tissue complication unless they detect. We present two cases with retained plastic and metallic foreign bodies including in their right feet of a farmer and a constructor which could not diagnosed with plain film and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Definitive treatment was done after detecting the foreign bodies with ultrasonography (US).
Highlights
Radiolucent foreign bodies in soft tissue such as plastic or wooden materials can cause problems for emergency physicians and orthopaedic surgeons
Metallic foreign body normally can be seen with plain film but it can bemissed because of the hidden localization of the foreign body
We present two cases with foreign bodies which could not diagnosed with plain film and, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but identified by a skilled radiologist at US
Summary
Radiolucent foreign bodies in soft tissue such as plastic or wooden materials can cause problems for emergency physicians and orthopaedic surgeons. Detecting such objects can sometimes be difficult, especially in patients who are not aware of foreign body penetrance and if there is not any puncture wound over the painful area. We present two cases with foreign bodies (plastic and metallic) which could not diagnosed with plain film and, MRI but identified by a skilled radiologist at US. The patient didn’t go through a trauma before and she didn’t have a history of foreign body penetrance. She didn’t have any sistematic illness either. Range of motion of the fourth and the fifth metatarsophalangeal joints were normal and there was not Correspondence: Dr Mehmet Ali Acar Beyhekim Devlet Hastanesi Ortopedi Bölümü, Konya
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