Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: 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.
DOI: 10.5794/jjoms.52.183
Authors: Yutaka FUKUSHIMA, Yoko MATSUSE, Mamiko YAMAMOTO, Minoru ITO, Nobuoki SAKAI, Kanichi SETO
Institutions: Saiseikai Kanagawa Hospital, Tsurumi University
Language: English
Topic: Foreign Body Medical Cases
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2533091083