title: Seasonal foreign bodies: the dangers of winter holiday ornamentation.
abstract: Foreign bodies, whether ingested, aspirated or retained in the soft tissues, are a particular hazard to pediatric patients. Ornamentation associated with the winter holidays is an uncommon source of foreign bodies in children, and many of these foreign bodies have a distinct appearance on imaging. Knowledge of these appearances and the unusual features of winter holiday foreign bodies might facilitate their identification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., MLC 5031, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3026, USA, andrew.trout@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Andrew T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Trout
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Towbin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012621:Seasons