title: Retained wooden foreign body in a child's thigh complicated by severe necrotizing fasciitis: a case report and discussion of imaging modalities for early diagnosis.
abstract: Soft tissue foreign bodies (FB) represent a common cause for emergency department visits. Diagnosis may be difficult especially with non-radiopaque FB. The clinical course may be complicated by superficial or deep tissue infection. Use of imaging modalities such as ultrasound may be important for early diagnosis. We report a case of retained foreign body with a complicated clinical course and discuss imaging modalities that may have aided in the early diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105-0371, USA. oyanay@chmc.org
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yanay
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diab
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Brogan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014934:Wood