Intrahepatic foreign bodies--the ultrasound appearances.
Steel, rock and lead fragments in 3 cases were shown on static and real-time ultrasound scans to be intrahepatic in position. The materials could be differentiated from one another by their ultrasonic characteristics. The findings guided the surgical removal in 1 patient.
D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography