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.
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.
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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98105-0371, USA. oyanay@chmc.org
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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