A case of glass fragment foreign bodies in the submental region-Measurement of CT value

Autor:	Yoko Matsuse, Mamiko Yamamoto, Minoru Ito, Kanichi Seto, Yutaka Fukushima, Nobuoki Sakai
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	business.industry Ct examination Fistula Radiography Submental region medicine Glass fragment Dentistry Anatomy medicine.disease business Foreign Bodies Purulent discharge
Zdroj:	Japanese Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. 52:183-186
ISSN:	2186-1579 0021-5163
DOI:	10.5794/jjoms.52.183
Popis:	We report on a 51-year-old man with some glass fragments as foreign bodies in the submental region. Five months after injury, he complained of swelling in the mental region, accompanied by purulent discharge and fistula formation in the submental region. Radiographic examination showed part of a glass fragment in the submental region. Detection of glass by conventional radiographic techniques is challenging because glass has a low radiopaque appearance and is usually obscured by overlying bony structures in the maxillofacial region. CT examination showed multiple radiopaque images in the submental region. We measured the CT values of these foreign bodies. The CT value was useful for establishing the diagnosis of glass fragments as foreign bodies in this patient.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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