Unusual migration of a foreign body from the gut to a vertebral body.
We report a unique case in which a needle was accidentally swallowed and migrated into the vertebral body. Plain films and CT of the spine revealed fragmented, linear, metallic-density material in the L3 vertebral body. The possible mechanisms of the migration are discussed.
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Gazi University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey.
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D000328:Adult; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed