Unusual migration of a foreign body from the gut to a vertebral body
NEURORADIOLOGY, cilt.40, sa.10, ss.673-674, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 10
- Basım Tarihi: 1998
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s002340050663
- Dergi Adı: NEURORADIOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.673-674
- Anahtar Kelimeler: foreign body, ingested, spine
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.