[Will broken glass bring luck?].
A 56 year old female patient presented to the emergency room because of a progressive, painful swelling of her thigh, clinically suspected to be a haematoma. Trauma was denied. Ultrasonography revealed a hyperechogenic structure, which appeared to be an intramuscular foreign body on computed tomography. Intraoperatively, a large piece of glass was found. Glass foreign bodies can be detected by x-rays with a high sensitivity. The threshold to order x-ray for the detection of glass foreign bodies should be low.
Bonani
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Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich. marco.bonani@usz.ch
Frei
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Glaab
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Lenzlinger
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013848:Thigh / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery