Should x-rays be ordered to find a bee's stinger?
On several occasions, we have been asked to locate bee stingers so that they could be removed. The studies were negative, and we did not know if identification was even possible. An experiment was done using both film screen studies and xerograms at various techniques to attempt to locate a honey bee stinger. The stinger could not be identified.
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Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Foster G. McGaw Hospital, Maywood, Illinois 60153.
Goldberg
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D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography