title: Terrorist bombings: foreign bodies from the Boston Marathon bombing.
abstract: On April 15, 2013, 2 improvised explosive devices detonated at the 117th Boston Marathon, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others. In this article, the foreign bodies and injuries that presented at 2 of the responding level 1 trauma hospitals in Boston-Brigham and Women׳s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital--are reviewed with a broader discussion of blast injuries and imaging strategies.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jbrunner@med.usc.edu.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Brunner
authors: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors: Ajay K
authors: AK
authors: Singh
authors: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors: Tatiana
authors: T
authors: Rocha
authors: Department of Surgery, Brigham and Woman׳s Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors: Joaquim
authors: J
authors: Havens
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Woman׳s Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Goralnick
authors: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors: Aaron
authors: A
authors: Sodickson
mesh_terms: D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D054042:Bombs; D001900:Boston; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012420:Running; D023481:Terrorism; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*