title: A piece of wood in the hand diagnosed by ultrasonography.
abstract: A piece of wood in the hand of an 11-year-old girl was not visible on radiographs, but was diagnosed by ultrasonography. Ultrasonography is useful for disclosing radiographically silent foreign bodies.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014934:Wood