Missed intranasal wooden foreign bodies on computed tomography.
We report a case of post traumatic impacted intranasal wooden foreign body in a 16 year old boy, which was undetected on Computed Tomography in the acute stage. Intranasal wooden foreign body may be missed on CT in the acute stage because of apparent air attenuation of the foreign body and lack of contrast with the surrounding intranasal air. Radiologists need to be aware of the CT imaging appearances of wood in various stages for early detection and management.
Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shailesh M
SM
Prabhu
Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Aparna
A
Irodi
Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Phiji Philip
PP
George
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rajan
R
Sundaresan
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vk
V
Anand
Intranasal; missed; retained; undetected; wooden foreign body