Glass foreign body in soft tissue: Possibility of high morbidity due to delayed migration

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dc.contributor.authorOzsarac M.
dc.contributor.authorDemircan A.
dc.contributor.authorSener S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-26T21:58:08Z
dc.date.available2019-10-26T21:58:08Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Soft tissue foreign bodies (FBs) are a common occurrence in emergency departments (EDs). Some FBs cause complications, whereas others are asymptomatic and remain undetected for months or years. Case Report: A 32-year-old man presented to the ED with complaints of back pain in the area of a subcutaneous lump that had migrated toward the midline, nearly 25 cm from its former location, over the previous 2 weeks. Twelve years previously, after falling onto a glass door that shattered, he had gone to a local ED and had his wound sutured, but no X-ray studies were taken. Within a few months, he noticed a lump near his scapula, but he did not relate it to the fall and it did not bother him much. Physical examination revealed a normal neurological examination and a palpable mass in the right paraspinal area at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebra. An X-ray study showed a 34-mm-long sharp density in the vicinity of the spinal canal near T10. Efforts lasting almost 2 h to identify and remove the foreign body were unsuccessful. The following day, a 4 × 6 × 34 mm sharp glass fragment was removed in the operating room under fluoroscopy. Conclusions: Retained soft-tissue foreign bodies may migrate very late and can cause high morbidity or mortality. It is important to be diligent in the search for foreign bodies, using ultrasound, computed tomography scan, or magnetic resonance imaging in cases in which initial plain radiographs are negative. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Printed in the USA. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.051en_US
dc.identifier.endpagee128en_US
dc.identifier.issn0736-4679
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.pmid19038521en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpagee125en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.051
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/19100
dc.identifier.volume41en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Emergency Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectmigratory foreign bodiesen_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.subjectwoundsen_US
dc.titleGlass foreign body in soft tissue: Possibility of high morbidity due to delayed migrationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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