Ultrasound - guided foreign body removal
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A gentleman suffering from right leg penetrating injury presented to a local accident and emergency department. The physical examination did not suggest an embedded foreign body, and he was discharged after local wound dressing. Because of persisting symptoms, he attended another hospital later where an unguided surgical exploration was performed but no foreign body was identified. He was then referred to another hospital, his third one, for further management. The X-ray finding was unremarkable but ultrasound showed a hyperechoic foreign body. Subsequently, ultrasound-guided foreign body removal was performed and a wooden splinter was successfully removed. (Hong Kong j.emerg.med. 2008;15:106-110)
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