Detection of foreign bodies with computerized tomography.
Computerized tomography scanning has been proven useful in defining complex anatomical areas of the head and neck and in delineating soft-density foreign bodies. This was helpful in a child in whom all other modalities, including surgical exploration, had failed to localize a foreign body.
D000038:Abscess; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood