Presentation
Right heel pain, history of walking barefoot in the seaside one day before
Patient Data
Age: 6 years
Gender: Male
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Small radiopaque shadow is seen at right heel on lateral view suggestive of foreign body
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At control study after removal foreign body (glass), no opacity was detected.
Case Discussion
Lateral radiography of foot should be obtained for detecting foreign bodies.
Site of injury should be known by radiologist, otherwise small glass foreign bodies can be easily overlooked.
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