CT in penetrating craniocervical injury by wooden foreign bodies: reminder of a pitfall.
The authors report three cases of penetrating craniocervical injury by wooden foreign bodies, which were initially hypodense on CT and thought to be air. When these structures were scrutinized with higher window settings, they had a higher attenuation and a unique striated internal architecture which the authors propose may be specific to wood.
Ginsberg
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Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088.
Williams
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Mathews
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019838:Neck Injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*