title: Lipiodol ultra-fluid - foreign body in the cheek.
abstract: We report a case in which iodinated oil (lipiodol ultra-fluid (UF)) leaked from an iatrogenic perforation of Stensen's duct and constituted a foreign body in the cheek. The distribution of contrast medium near the lower border of the mandible seems unusual. 2 years following sialography, the UF was still not being resorbed. No radiological signs of reactive inflammatory changes to the soft tissue were observed. We believe the contrast agent arrived beneath the skin, but external to the platysma, through a simple perforation in either the duct and/or the mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Av. G. Suska 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. darkom@kbd.hr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hat
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luksic
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002610:Cheek; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018987:Salivary Ducts / Q000293:injuries; D012796:Sialography / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007459:Iodized Oil