Acupuncture needles: a "new" foreign body in the ear.
With the recent popularity of acupuncture therapy and anesthesia in the United States, patients are having temporary needles placed in the external ear. These matallic radiopaque needles appear on routine skull and mastoid examinations. This article is written to familiarize radiologists with this ""new'' iatrogenic foreign body.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D011859:Radiography