Vol.102 No.6 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 102 No. 6 June 2009
A Case of a Micro Foreign Body in the Cervical Region
Fuyuko Shigeta, Masahiko Yamamoto, Tomoe Yoshida,
Toshiyuki Nomura, Rio Takazawa and Yoshihiro Ikemiyagi
(Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital)
A 23-year-old male was sustained a small neck puncture while hammering blocks of iron. An iron splinter was identified on preoperative X-ray examination and CT scan. During surgery, the iron splinter could not be identified macroscopically. In this case, we used intraoperative fluoroscopic guidance to locate and remove the iron fragment.
Key words :foreign body, cervical region, iron, fluoroscopic guidance