Retained Broken Injection Needle-MRI
17 years old girl with history of injection at the site 5 years ago with pain presently. MR shows susceptibility artifacts at the deltoid insertional site with no significant fluid collection or abscess formation or osteomyelitis with X-ray suggesting 3 mm needle tip possibly from the injection needle within the granulomatous response. Differential would include foreign bodies of other varieties. Case Submitted by Dr MGK Murthy & Mr Abdul Hamid.
Retained Broken Injection Needle-MRI
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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1 comment:
USG could have seen well too
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