Unusual migration of a foreign body from the gut to a vertebral body
Neuroradiology, vol.40, no.10, pp.673-674, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 40 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 1998
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s002340050663
- Journal Name: Neuroradiology
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.673-674
- Keywords: foreign body, ingested, spine
- Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No
Abstract
We report a unique case in which a needle was accidentally swallowed and migrated into the vertebral body. Plain films and CT of the spine revealed fragmented, linear, metallic-density material in the L3 vertebral body. The possible mechanisms of the migration are discussed.