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F Charron1, F Callonnec, J Thiébot
1Radiologie Générale, CHU de Rouen, 1, Rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen France.
Journal De Radiologie
|December 7, 2002
Abstract:
Foreign bodies in the oral cavity are infrequent in children. In spite of a negative clinical exploration, US and CT showed the suction cup of a rubber-tipped dart in the left submandibular space of a 3 year-old child. Surgery could be guided by these investigations.
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