title: Detection of an accidentally implanted wooden foreign body using CT: case report and literature review.
abstract: Regardless of advancement in imaging techniques, the recognition of vegetative foreign bodies in the abdomen remains a difficult task. Simple radiography and computed tomography will ignore radiolucent foreign bodies. Here, we report the case of a 34-year-old man with a penetrating injury to the abdomen caused by a radiolucent wooden foreign body that was not initially detected. However, imaging can be specific and reliably diagnostic when performed in the appropriate clinical setting. Multidetector computed tomography is frequently underused but has proven useful for the assessment of retained wooden foreign bodies in the abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, 875, Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-896, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: radyjh@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: Jung-Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, 875, Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-896, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, 875, Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-896, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yedaun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, 875, Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-896, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ok-Hwa
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, 875, Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-896, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, 875, Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-896, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang-Hwi
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, 875, Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, 612-896, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sungjin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014934:Wood; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Abdomen; Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Gastrointestinal trauma; Implanted foreign body