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Anas Saeed Bamashmos1, Ashkan Heshmetzadeh Behzadi1, Kareem Elfatairy1
1Department of Radiology, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale Newhaven Health, CT, United States.
Introduction:
Ingestion, inhalation, and insertion of foreign bodies (FB) are commonly encountered problems in the emergency departments (ED). Radiologists pay a key role in their diagnosis and management. Selecting an appropriate imaging modality is important depending on the route of entry and reported type of FB. Diagnosing FB is time sensitive and requires radiologists to be astute and familiar with varied imaging appearances of FB. In this article, we review imaging features of most common FB seen in clinical practice and their complications.
Teaching Points:
SUMMARY: FB in body orifices are frequently seen in the ED. Imaging plays a pivotal role in the management in majority of the cases. In this article, we present several cases of commonly encountered FB.
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