title: Use of a metal detector in the location of a swallowed razor blade in the oesophagus.
abstract: A case describing the use of a metal detector to locate a metallic foreign body swallowed by a prisoner. Initial work up included plain thoracic X-rays and a gastrografin swallow which were negative. A metal detector was used to confirm the presence of a metal body in the oesophagus which was verified by a barium swallow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yellin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kronenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D001466:Barium Sulfate