title: Swallowed screw.
abstract: Swallowed foreign bodies in children are not a very rare occurence but most of these objects are blunt. Below is presented an unusual swallowed foreign body--a screw. The diagnosis was confirmed by a plain abdominal radiograph and the patient was managed conservatively. A repeat radiograph taken three days later did not show the nail indicating complete passage of it.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. isyakuk@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isyaku
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004386:Duodenum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography