Orthopedic grand rounds. Retained wooden foreign body in the foot detected by computed tomography.
A 20-year-old female presented with a 12-week history of a penetrating wound by a pointed wooden slat to the dorsum of her right foot. She had persistent pain, swelling, and an open wound. Initial radiographs were normal, and three surgical explorations failed to find a foreign body. Later radiographs showed erosion of the second metatarsal. Computed tomography detected and localized the wooden foreign body. Removal of the foreign body was followed by healing of the foot.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed