title: Diagnosis and management of an intra-articular foreign body in the foot.
abstract: We describe a case of a small intra-articular foreign body in the foot presenting 48 hours following injury, which at operation showed early evidence of septic arthritis. It is essential to accurately localise periarticular foreign bodies in the foot and proceed to arthrotomy and debridement in all cases where there is radiological or clinical evidence to suggest intra-articular retention of a foreign body.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1. kjm@indigo.ie
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mulhall
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kearns
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stephens
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008683:Metatarsophalangeal Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009339:Needles; D011859:Radiography; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation